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Posted by matt tellum on July 10, 2007 at 3:36 PM
kingfisher
Taken last weekend in between showers and sunny spells. There were two of them and i saw them several times but they were very cautious of me. Just as the sun came out this one landed on some reeds right in front of me and i managed to get a few shots before he/she flew off and then the rain came again. It made my weekend ..
I think its a female ,am i right ? . Around 50 % crop and a bit of saturation in photoshop and some usm. Comments welcome as always.
Regards. Matt.

1dmk11 500 f/4
on tripod.
iso 500
f/7 1/800
Posted by Alan Bryant on July 10, 2007 at 3:51 PM
Well done to you for sticking it out to catch some shots :cool:

A bit more USM would'nt go amiss.But other than that its a great shot :toast:
Posted by Rob Ashton on July 10, 2007 at 4:17 PM
Very nice female kingfisher. Patience paid off.

Rob :toast:
Posted by matt tellum on July 10, 2007 at 4:19 PM
Thanks alan, i wasnt sure about the reed running across the bottom . I agree it could maybee do with a little more usm. My monitor is overdue for calibration so maybee thats my next step.
Posted by Tim Munsey on July 11, 2007 at 3:37 AM
I like the pose, like to see it bigger (you know you can have 720 pixels on longest side now).
Always admire the patience of the kingfisher shooter.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 11, 2007 at 4:22 AM
Needs to be bigger in the frame Matt :wink:

Nice image though :wavey:
Posted by Paula Graham on July 11, 2007 at 4:34 AM
Always so nice to see a kingfisher shot, I agree with comments already made.