Kingfisher + repost

Gallery: AvianPosted September 22, 2010130 views16 comments

Kingfisher is ( obviously ) one of my favourite subject, but from many years I wasn'taking shots of this colourful bird.
Recently I have found two different ponds, not far from my home, with a favourable environment for kingfisher. I have spent there long waitings and some rewarding moments.
Canon 40D, Sigma 50-500 at 500, ISO 320 , F8 , 1/800 , tripod.
PS CS2 , moderate crop, routine sharpening.
C and C welcome.
Larger version provided.
Giorgio

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on September 22, 2010 at 5:37 PM

It's showing a bit dark on my monitor, otherwise love the composition and prey.

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Comment posted by Ian Mason on September 22, 2010 at 6:23 PM

Great catch for you both! Great composition. I agree it's a bit dark - might be worth trying to give it a boost though no doubt the whites might be difficult to control.

Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on September 22, 2010 at 7:02 PM

Giorgio,
Congratulations on working hard for this reward. I love the tiny little crayfish. Background looks a little dark on my work monitor but you may blow the whites then. Nice capture. Hope you're rewarded with more kingfisher images Giorgio.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 22, 2010 at 10:05 PM

Looks like it was worth the wait. Looking forward to other images from your ponds.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 22, 2010 at 10:55 PM

Beautiful, Giorgio. Excellent detail and color and a very nice composition.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 23, 2010 at 1:42 AM

Very nice Giorgio; I might brighten it a bit if it were mine, but that's a minor nit.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 23, 2010 at 2:56 AM

Great perch, Giorgio. You really caufht the right moment: these birds move so fast...

Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 23, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Great capture, Giorgio. Love the comp and the pose of the kingfisher with the prey in the beak. I'm still waiting for a good shot of these beautiful birds. Congrats!!

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on September 23, 2010 at 11:47 AM

Thanks all for comments. Given the feedback, enclose a repost with lighter tones.
Giorgio

Registered on November 16, 2007, 87 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on September 23, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Hi Giorgio,
Good clean shot of this species. Definetly a plus for the prey in it's bill. The second image is an improvement but in my opinion lacks a good punchy look. It's a little flat. I'm thinking somewhere in the middle of the two images might work the best.
Ronnie

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Mack Barham on September 23, 2010 at 6:42 PM

Wonderful shot! No nits here.

Registered on August 12, 2005, 537 Posts, 1107 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on September 24, 2010 at 6:16 AM

Great comp and detail Giorgio - ditto a bit dark

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 24, 2010 at 7:02 AM

Giorgio,

I like the comp, the almost slate blue background, pose and especially the prey in the bill. I might lighten the image overall some as it seems a bit on the dark side. Nice work finding the KFs close to home.

PS. Oops I hadn't seen the repost when I first made this comment, I do like it better.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 24, 2010 at 8:27 AM

I like this a lot, but would bump up the overall exposure of this image as it is a bit too dark IMO. Cool shot overall.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 24, 2010 at 7:37 PM

Repost is excellent, a really good image.
Well done.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on September 25, 2010 at 5:12 PM

Very nice shot of this great subject. The prey adds a lot.

Maybe something between the two versions would be perfect.

Congrats

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments