Pied Kingfisher

[gail bisson]

Canon 7D
F 500mm + 1.4X
ISO 640
SS 1/1600
f 7.1
7:31 AM
PP in LR3 and BG NR and linear burn on whites just under the eye in CS5

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet image Gail. I like the pose, shooting angle, BG and perch. Exposure looks good to me. A bit tight top and bottom but not too bad. Would remove the lower catchlight. This is a young bird judging by the feathers on the breast with the brown rim.

[dankearl]

Cool shot w/ a great perch.
Nice and sharp also.
I can never get near Kingfishers!
Well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the unusual wing position. Very nice BG and good perch. I agree with Ofer about space and lower catchlight.

[Dan Busby]

Nice pose with wing Gail. I like the perch too. Nice smooth BG. Good detail and exposure. Agree about removing small eye catch.

[Todd Frost]

Nice pose and perch. Exposure and sharpness look good. Catchlight mentioned. Ditto what Dan said re: our Kingfishers. Well done. TFS

Todd

[Randy Stout]

Gail:

Excellent input from above, tend to agree with all except that although the perch has interesting details, I think it is a bit massive for the size of the bird. In a perfect world, would prefer to not have the right side there. I suspect however, that this was not a setup, so the tight crop below does tend to downplay the mass a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, well exposed, and I like the pose. That BG is a killer, and Im fine with the perch. If you have more space below, I could see this as a vertical too. Double catchlight mentioned.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful image. Exposed well, excellent detail, real nice light, and love the pose.
Well done.

[gail bisson]

Thank you gentlemen for the advice. This shot is basically full frame (I took a sliver off right and top) and no room below. I fixed the catchlight in the eye and thanks for picking that up. I had missed it,
Gail
Randy- you are correct. This was not a setup. We were on a pontoon boat.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Very nice pose & background. Ditto for composition & catchlight.