White-breasted Kingfisher

[Ofer Levy]

1D Mark II, Canon 300 f2.8+1.4 TC, 1/1000, f9, iso 320, hide

Found this in my unprocessed files from about four years ago in Israel.

~75% of full frame

[Amy Marques]

Hi Ofer. What a gorgeous fisher profile. I love the vibrant luster of the plumage.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice Ofer, the colors are really saturated and nice. Is the blue always so intense or is it the light that has created the intense saturation? perch and BG are nice too, just a slight head turn towards you and bang on. Mazel tov and TFS.

[Doug Brown]

Gorgeous plumage, great detail, and a nice perch. Wish only that the bird were looking slightly towards us.

[Mike Fuhr]

Beauty. These kingfisher shots are killing me!

[Ofer Levy]

Very nice Ofer, the colors are really saturated and nice. Is the blue always so intense or is it the light that has created the intense saturation? perch and BG are nice too, just a slight head turn towards you and bang on. Mazel tov and TFS.

Thanks for your comments everyone!
Arash, the colours are intense but the light has to be perfect to give this saturated effect. This shot was taken in late afternoon when light was really great.

[Suzanne Huot]

Beautiful !

[Marc Mol]

Beautiful color and BG Ofer, with the lighting well handled.
TFS

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nicely placed in the frame and composed. Love the colors.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, I like the eye contact, sharpness, light and BG. I might desaturate the turquoise plumage a few points.

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful bird, I like the eye contact, sharpness, light and BG. I might desaturate the turquoise plumage a few points.

Thanks for your comment and suggestion Axel. I usually don't selectively saturate or de-saturate parts on the bird as it will un-naturally interfere with the colour balance of the bird. The turquoise in here is just as it should be IMO. The same bird lives in India so I would love to hear what our Indian members have to say about the colours.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I have never seen this species and just looked at the histogram. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a sRGB conversion issue.

[Ofer Levy]

I have never seen this species and just looked at the histogram. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a sRGB conversion issue.

This is interesting. I just checked the histogram and it looks like the blues do need to be toned down. However, to my eye it looks exactly the way it should. I process thousands of photos each week and I have learnt that sometimes histogram shows colours in a way that doesn't look right to the eye. I wonder what other think regarding this issue.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This is interesting. I just checked the histogram and it looks like the blues do need to be toned down. However, to my eye it looks exactly the way it should. I process thousands of photos each week and I have learnt that sometimes histogram shows colours in a way that doesn't look right to the eye. I wonder what other think regarding this issue.

Out of curiosity, does the histogram of the TIF file look significantly different?

[Ofer Levy]

Out of curiosity, does the histogram of the TIF file look significantly different?

Just checked - looks "perfect" nothing is clipped.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I often have similar problems with the orange/red bills of oystercatchers. Sometimes I save those as Adobe RGB since most people have color-managed browsers anyway.

[Harshad Barve]

Loveky image Ofer , compo and BG looks great ,
TFS

[Harshad Barve]

I might desaturate the turquoise plumage a few points.

I think that plumage is THAT electric only , most of the time people feels it is way oversaturated
I will try to dig out my image & will post soon

[James Salywoda]

Stunning Shot! A really beautiful bird.

[Kiran Poonacha]

The elctric blue plumage of this bird often makes one feel that its overdone. Nice compo, Loved the pose, perch and BG here Ofer..

[Raymond Barlow]

superb image, compostion, exposure, and colours look excellent as always bro.

[Zoltan Kovacs]

Excellent colors and very nice light. Congrat!

[Ashay Dhavale]

Ahh...absolute beauty! Fantastic details amazing colors and a Killer BG. Loved the perch here as well :)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

One stunning KF for sure!

What a great set of feather colors in just one bird! Love the light, pose and smooth BG. A winner.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely species and great image:) A slight head turn would have been a bonus

[Danny Laredo]

This is just super Ofer. Love the light and perch here.

[Rob Drummond]

Wonderful shot Ofer - so rich and vibrant. I didn't realise this species got that far west.

cheers
Rob