Still working on this years Kingfisher project and by now the chicks of the second nest have hatched about one week ago. Here's a picture of one of the juvenile females that still visit's the site regularly to practise her fishing skills by either catching small fish or little twigs.
for some short (not so good quality..) movie clips from the site check here:
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: F 5
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -2 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 1000
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Head from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5
Great shot of this juvi! Nice elegant perch and excellent look back pose. On my workscreen, which is not calibrated, this shot has a slight green/yellow cast....Keep up the good work!
Excellent image design. the leaves on the perch add balance. Stunning details and perfect head position. I am liking the dark BG a lot.
On the left side, do you have more room? If you add that, then would the leaves be clipped? If you have more perch without leaves, then adding room on left and top will help IMO. It will make the bird a bit smaller, but at a larger size, it would look quite good.
Wonderfully dramatic KF image! Love the brilliant colors against the dark BG. Perhaps a bit more canvas up top and on the left. I might lighten the face around the eye a little.