Kingfisher

[Seyed Babak Musavi]

Dear All
In during my recently trip to south of Iran , I have taken this shot in Azinin creek in january 2010 , a creek with many Mangrove forest , this shot taken from boat . I hope like it.Canon 50d , Lens 600 mlm f4 , 1/800 , f 7/1 iso 320
With best wishes in new year
Babak

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice comp, and I love the solid black BG! Good sharpness. I would recommend toning down the perch as it looks overly bright with that strong sunshine (perhaps some of the KF too, but not too much...)

[Dave Blinder]

Seyed - Great detail and illumination. Makes for a mysterious image. I agree with Daniel, and might try to tone down some of the highlights.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the composition, sharpness and eye contact. I would try to even out shadows and highlights more.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super image. Love the dark BG and detail on the bird. Perch is a bit bright and I feel the image is slightly skew, I would rotate anti-clockwise just a tad, to have the bird sitting 100% vertical. Although this might be 100% level, rotating it a bit will look better IMO.