Kingfisher

Gallery: AvianPosted August 4, 201297 views4 comments

I stepped out of my comfort zone today and started experimenting with my lens and how fast I could get the shutter speeds. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. This was shot at the Petone Estuary at low tide today.

550D
500mm (on monopod)
f/6.3
1/2000 sec
ISO 400

Some sharpening and cropped about 30% off.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on August 4, 2012 at 1:52 AM

Excellent. I would say that your experiment was successful! These are beautiful birds. I like the pose and the iridescent colors. We have the Belted Kingfisher up here and I would love to get a shot someday.

Registered on March 6, 2011, 95 Posts, 847 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on August 4, 2012 at 8:32 AM

Good colors and nice pose. I do think you could crop off abit more of the post. Thanks for sharing, have enjoyed your series of kingfisher photos.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on August 4, 2012 at 1:30 PM

The look back pose is very nice. The post is a bit dominant with it's size. The larger version is showing quite a bit of noise in the background. I'd run a round or two of noise reduction on the background only.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 4, 2012 at 9:55 PM

Nice image of the Kingfisher, Toya. It came through very well. I do see a fair amount of noise in the bg of the larger image, but thta's easily removed in post processing, should you choose.

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