Kingfisher

Was trawling thru some stuff from Oct last year, came across this one and thought would have a play with it in C1, quite a bit of crop do to my 1.4x was left at home!!

Nikon D1H
Sigma 500mm F4.5
F4.5 @ 1/125th
Tripod
Scrim
Wet Feet

Like beauty and the beast this, the contrast between bird and "stick" is quite complimentary. Like it loads.



Tim

Very clean and colourful.
I like the BG a lot too, it makes the Kingfisher stand out nicely.

Hi Andy,

I like the composition, BG and perch. The colours of the Kingfisher are nice and vibrant but the only nit from me is that the white patch under the chin looks blown and draws my eye.

Regards

Rob

The whites do look abit hot but a nice image non the less

Nice one... I do think that you can reduce the EV in conversion a touch, maybe 1/3 to 1/2 a stop and introduce a touch of contrast with a gentle S curve, don't push the curve up and down but move the points inwards slightly, this will increase the mid tone contrast with minimal effect on the highlights and shadows.

Super, great pose and perch. I feel the blues are a bit to the light side ?

A little less brightness on the bird,particularly the whites, and a small crop to lose a little of the space from behind the bird and I think you'll be left with a really nice shot.
I like contrasting size of the large perch and small bird.

A bit hot and i find the branch a bit too overpowering and a crop might well help an otherwise pleasing image.
Rene de Heer