Malachite Kingfisher

[Keith Rawlins]

My first post here to intro myself

Camera Nikon 2dx
Lens 600 F4
1/180
F5.6
iso 200
Pattern metering
Shot on av

[Steve Canuel]

Electric is the first word that comes to mind. Very vibrant colors. Nice creamy BG and I personally like the way the stick divides the image with the subject sort of forming an S on the branch.
Steve

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome, Steve! Very nice first post. I like the colors, pose and details. It is just a bit tight in the frame for my taste. Keep them coming!

[Arthur Morris]

Welcome. Very nicely done and very sharp and vibrant. I wish for lots more room on the right and perhaps less on the left. Good job with the head turn. The face looks a bit oversharpened and the bird just a bit too SATed.

later and love, artie

[Jim Poor]

Wow, these birds pretty much glow. I'd love to see it at the max size allowed here (800 px).

[Glenn Bartley]

What a beautiful bird. In this case the composition definitely needs some more room to the right for the bird to look into. I agree with Arties thoughts on saturation and sharpness.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Welcome to BPN!
Nice first shot,i really like the pose,colors and the details!

[Stu Bowie]

Great pose captured in this Keith, and nice and sharp. Superb OOF BG too.

[Dave Phillips]

welcome from Louisiana, south US.
Bird is quite vibrant and cramped, but a stunning capture very worthy of a slight reprocess as mentioned above

[Keith Rawlins]

Thanks for the welcome and the comments.

[Peter Buntman]

Greetings from South Africa lol
Stunning colours and perfect out of focus background, "OOF BG"
Hope to see many more from you Keith.

[Keith Rawlins]

Have desaturated slightly and changed the crop to allow more space for the bird to look into. Any better?

[Jim Poor]

I think so. Looks good to me.