Woodlands Kingfisher Landing

[Morkel Erasmus]

It's been quite a while since I'd gotten round to processing some avian shots that have been lying dormant in my archives since my December travels.

I know the nictating membrane is closed here - but I like the shot nonetheless.

Taken in the Kruger Park. Light was shoddy and I didn't really want to sacrifice more ISO. I concentrated on the perch and the bird returned to it after flying off in a direction I wasn't expecting.

Techs:
Nikon D300s with 200-400mm VR @ 330mm
f4.5 @ 1/800 SS @ ISO-800

[Christian Dionne]

Interesting bird, I like the colors, composition, and well done considering the lack of good light.

[Tony Whitehead]

Good BG and plane of focus looks good, Morkel. Motion blur and nictitating membrane are detracting. Reducing sharpening on the perch and darkening it a bit may be worth trying. Do you have some sharp, perched images too?

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks Christian & Tony.

Tony - I have tons of sharp perched images. Here is one I posted previously - http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=52474

Like I said above, haven't really worked through the images and felt I was neglecting the BPN Avian forum ;)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, pose and BG. It looks as if the critical focus is on the perch, which I would sharpen less.

[Morkel Erasmus]

good point Axel...:cool:

[RakeshDhareshwar]

I feel you go warmer here. Agree with other comments .