Azure Kingfisher

Gallery: AvianPosted November 26, 2013145 views7 comments

Another shot from the boat trip on the Daintree river with "Daintree River Wild Watch". This is a small Kingfisher and we followed it to several locations, even saw it bathing for awhile, but tht was in deep shadow and I didn't have enough light to get usable action images. There were several really bright areas in the bg of this one that I cloned over.

5Diii, 300mm f4 + 1.4TC, hand held from boat, f6.3, 1/5000, iso 2500, Av mode with no compensation. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 5.3MP. Taken October 20th at 4:49 pm.

Your comments and criticisms are most appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 27, 2013 at 3:12 AM

Great pose and detail Dennis -

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on November 27, 2013 at 3:45 AM

I like the BG, pose, and sharpness. Nice shot Dennis.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on November 27, 2013 at 7:16 AM

I really like the colors on this bird. Everything else looks good as well. I think the perch is a big improvement over the last kingfisher and the sharpness and detail are excellent. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 27, 2013 at 8:00 AM

Love the pose, colors and details are really nice here Dennis,

Ray

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on November 27, 2013 at 1:21 PM

Nice job handholding for this one, Dennis.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on November 27, 2013 at 4:02 PM

Very nice image Dennis. That is quite the bill on that bird! Nice pose and background to set it off.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 5, 2013 at 2:23 PM

Dennis I also was lucky enough to see these on the Daintree River ,dropped my lens cover into it told to keep out of the water because of Croc's.
You got a smashing picture of this stunning looking bird the pose looks spot on.

Keith.

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