Crested kingfisher

[RAM MALLYA]

One of the birds of Jim corbett national park

Shutter Speed 1/2000
Aperture F/8
ISO 800
Focal length 560mm
100-400+1.4x
Canon 1D Mark IIN

All C & C welcome

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice pose in an impressive looking kingfisher, Ram. Image looks a little soft as presented and some of the whites are lacking detail but don't seem clipped.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the unusual setting for a kingfisher. Head angle and eye contact look good. I might sharpen the bird a bit more and might remove the rock in the BG. Another vote for toning down the whites. You could have dialed in negative EC. Maybe a slight crop off the top?

[RAM MALLYA]

Thank you Tony and Axel Please check the repost and comment

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost looks better. I would only tone down the whites more and crop a tad off the top.

[Dave Leroy]

The bird looks much sharper in the repost.
Nice pose.

[Fabs Forns]

As far as sharpening, something in between the two since the repost has some slight halos around the bill.
Great to get him in that environment.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Much better on the repost...just a bit of clean up to do in the cloned areas (BTW the comp looks better without the BG rock). There is a faint halo under the bill even in the soft version...do you sharpen before resizing (it should be done after...)

[Kiran Poonacha]

All points covered Above, I really loved the pose and water BG adds well...

[Stu Bowie]

Repost works well, and this guy looks like a mixture between our Pied Kingfisher, and our giant kingfisher.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

What a beautiful bird and I like the unusual setting. Everything has been pretty much covered with the above comments. Like this a lot Ram and thanks for sharing.

[RAM MALLYA]

Thank you all for your valuable comments