Pied Kingfisher

[Marc Mol]

Pied Kingfisher looking for morning tea.
D3 500VR 1/3000s ISO320@f/5.6 -0.5EV 25% crop
Chobe River- Botswana Sept '09 monopod from boat.

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Dan Walker]

Neat bird. Good head angle and I like his tiny feet. There may be a slight halo around the bird.

[Christopher Marek]

You made a great composition. A great and interesting subject. Recently I bought Arthur Morris's Digital Basics pdf. I have learned that the shadows highlight adjustment can make a lot of difference in a photo such as this. I think you could use SH to simulate a little bit of fill light in the shadows. Still, this is a great shot of a tough bird to get close to. :)

[Marc Mol]

You made a great composition. A great and interesting subject. Recently I bought Arthur Morris's Digital Basics pdf. I have learned that the shadows highlight adjustment can make a lot of difference in a photo such as this. I think you could use SH to simulate a little bit of fill light in the shadows. Still, this is a great shot of a tough bird to get close to. :)

Thanks Chris

Have used the SH tool on this image. ;)

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marc, good overall exposure on the PK, and nice and sharp. Thats a fairly flimsy perch he's sitting on.

[Harshad Barve]

Marc
Lovely pose of beautiful KF , I liked the way KF is perched and nice BG & HA, There is something gone wrong near the tail of bird in PP which is minor and can be corrected easily. Excellent image
TFS

[Marc Mol]

Marc
There is something gone wrong near the tail of bird in PP which is minor and can be corrected easily.

Thanks Stuart & Harshad.
Harshad, not quite sure what you mean? Have only used selective USM on the KF.
I think it's only tail feather fluff?

[RAM MALLYA]

Good lighting on the bird nice perch and pose of the bird

[Harshad Barve]

Thanks Stuart & Harshad.

I think it's only tail feather fluff?

I think you are quite right

[Peter Farrell]

Great BG, HA, pose and perch. I think you did an excelent PP job on this.

[Hendri Venter]

Exposure looks spot on and I like the pose on a very nice perch. Splendid image.

[Ken Watkins]

Marc,

Great capture I like the way he seems to be clinging on for dear life, was it windy.

One more thing the perch looks strange do you have any idea what it was?

[Marc Mol]

Appreciate the comments guys.

Marc,

Great capture I like the way he seems to be clinging on for dear life, was it windy.

One more thing the perch looks strange do you have any idea what it was?

It was just a dried reed stalk Ken , but I can understand that it looks like a staged wooden dowel.