Giant Kingfisher Close-up

[Chris Kotze]

Canon EOS 7D
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
SS 1/400
ISO 800
f8.0
Overcast conditions
Kruger Park
I captured this Giant sitting on a bridge railing concentrating on it's next catch.

Your comments and advice are appreciated

[Chris Kotze]

I see a green cast around the image and background after I uploaded the jpeg file. I will have a look at the RAW file.

[Mital Patel]

Chris this is the best portrait i've seen of this species .. Excellent clarity and sharpness. Looks like Macro shot

[Nico Steenberg]

Blikslear !! Super sharp and astonishing detail captured and the bg is a killer bg. A super portrait !!


Do i see the reflection of a Hyundai tucson in his eye

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

Great techs, sharp, well exposed, lovely subject.

I might do a little tweaking on the reflection in the eye, darken the pupil a smidge and remove the faint lower reflection.


Really nice!

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Tack sharp Chris, and you have done extremely well with your pp work. When these guys perch on bridge railings in Kruger, a portrait is the only way to go.

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for all the kind comments. Randy I've tried your recommendation on the eye

[Emily Norman]

beautiful image, tack sharp and the detail is amazing! I like what you did with the eye on the repost. I'm really hoping to see one of these on my upcoming trip to South Africa!

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent portrait with exceptional sharpness & details & really nice BG. TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

Cracking IQ as usual Chris! Lovely details...wow

[Gary Esman]

The detail here is incredible. Like the RP with the eye correction. very very nice.

[gail bisson]

Simply superb! Nothing else to add!
Gail

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

that is a close-up, yes. with 300mm lens. WOW....very nice work. great details and BG. loved the eye in the repost.

If mine, I'd back off a bit on the sharpening front.

[Doug Brown]

Wouldn't change a thing! Stunning image Chris!

[Danny J Brown]

Congratulations on such a powerful portrait, Chris. Beautiful work and at high ISO to boot.

[Ken Watkins]

This is to me at least absolutely remarkable, the repost with the work on the eye works best. The best portrait of a Giant Kingfisher I have ever seen

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very clean image. Ditto about the image looking like a macro shot.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!!! This is a stunning portrait. Great sharpness and detail.
Well done.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent portrait! Sharp with great detail!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent portrait, really stands out against that BG! O prefer the repost

[Jim Crosswell]

Incredible close-up Chris! The work on the eye improves an already great image.

[Ishmeet Sahni]

A brilliant shot Chris..... after the repost, nothing more to say other than,MAGNIFICENT......

[Arno Ellmer]

Suberb image ,Chris.The repost has made it even better !!

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

Nice job on the eye work. Gives it even more impact!

Cheers

Randy

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks everyone it much appreciated

[Craig Kerr]

Cracking image Chris, if this image was sharper you would cut yourself
Excellent PP work