Disco Kingfisher

[Andrew George]

I'm sorry, another Kingfisher :o. I think I will keep a little eye open to the Kingfisher couple as there is yet again still little romantic activity and move on. Even with a tip regarding to back off a few meters more. Knowing nature photography's keywords: persistance,patience, being lucky, surprising, wait a little more, camouflage, etc.

Here I' ve chosen a little more extreme composition as usual (backed off a bit more) to try an create something more "out of the box". for myself, I like the (disco) color scheme in this one.

D300
200-400 VR 4.0 @ 400mm
ISO250
F4.5
1/100
tripod
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[Jim Poor]

Great colors and patterns in the BG! Not to mention the bird itself which looks real nice. I like pose and compostion as is, but wonder about a crop from the top so that the perch exits the frame in the upper left corner.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

excellent sharpness, detail and colors!

[Andrew George]

Thanks Jim and Nikolay.

I agree on the exits of the branch in the upper left corner, but I chose not to as it would leave less BG and it would again be just a more usual KF photo? I will try to struggle with it as I already did before, but with 2:3 it's not ideal.

[Philip Lombard]

This is a super shot, love the BG. I might crop a little more as stick right now shows same dominence as the bird. My opinion.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Interesting comp, it works for me. The "V" ending of the branch balances the placement of the kingfisher. Wicked kaleidoscopic effect in the BG.

[Maxis Gamez]

This is lovely. Excellent composition but I wish the perch was not touching the end of the frame.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Andrew,
The colors of your subject and the pleasing background brings everything together very nicely; however the branch on the lower right side of the frame is intersecting at the right angle, need to off set the branch...:D