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Kingfisher and repost

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Posted by Danny Green on August 29, 2007 at 6:01 PM
Kingfisher and repost
I haven't posted for a while so thought I would post this image of a kingfisher that I took back in April, I had big plans but this pair failed to raise their young as the nest got flooded out during all the wet weather we have had during may and june.

Canon EOS 1d MkII, 500mm Lens, Hide, 1/250, f6.3, ISO Rating 200.

Cheers

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Tom Perkins on August 29, 2007 at 6:11 PM
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on August 29, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Cracking shot Danny :toast: :toast:

Tho it looks atad odd with all the space at the top ?.
Posted by Barrie Harwood on August 29, 2007 at 9:52 PM
Hi Danny

What can I say ..... superb seems an understatement.

Technically flawless, aesthetically very pleasing and cute too!

Barrie :smile:
Posted by Marko Trebušak on August 30, 2007 at 3:00 AM
Now that's an unusual pose. For bird like kingfisher, one can sometimes forget, that they are also covered with feathers :wink:.

Lovelly photo and a lot of room for front page text :biggrin:.

Cheers,
Marko
Posted by Colin Pickett on August 30, 2007 at 3:07 AM
Wonderful shot Danny always good to Kingfishers.
:toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on August 30, 2007 at 3:17 AM
Lovely cap Danny :toast:
Not too keen on the comp though - unless indeed it's for editorial :confused:
Posted by Chris Lloyd on August 30, 2007 at 4:20 AM
Lovely shot Danny, love that fluffed up pose. :toast: :wavey:

Regards Chris.
Posted by Adrian North on August 30, 2007 at 4:37 AM
Danny,

Very nice - I actually don't mind the composition and those fluffed up feathers are wonderful.

Adrian :biggrin:
Posted by Paul Marshall on August 30, 2007 at 5:37 AM
Hi Danny

Long time no see. You know I am a big fan of your work and this is simply stunning. IMHO composition is superb and much more interesting than full frame. When you get a background as clean as this it makes sense to include as much as possible. Spot on.

All the best

Paul
Posted by David Kjaer on August 30, 2007 at 5:57 AM
Hi Danny

Love the fluffed out feathers and BG!

David :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on August 30, 2007 at 6:21 AM
Looks too real to be a phoograph-stunning and nice to see a 'different' kingfisher image :toast: :toast:

Regards

Dave
Posted by PhilH on August 30, 2007 at 6:30 AM
Nice

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Justin on August 30, 2007 at 6:40 AM
A stunning shot Danny.
The fluffed-up feathers and the way they've caught the light make this one a bit special.
Like it a lot.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on August 30, 2007 at 6:55 AM
Superb pose and BG Danny. For me, the comp's unbalanced too, unless you had an editorial in mind.

:toast:
Posted by jacqui on August 31, 2007 at 3:52 AM
Simply Stunning

:toast:
Posted by John Chapman on August 31, 2007 at 5:37 AM
Hi Danny I have looked at your picture a number of times the Bird is great and the BG is nice but I still cannot make up my mind about the crop. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Paul Gibbs on August 31, 2007 at 6:11 AM
Agree with all the rest, nice shot. Lovely little fluffy Kingfisher.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 31, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Gorgeous shot!
Well done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Alan Woolnough on August 31, 2007 at 1:36 PM
Wonderful Danny, i can only echo the previous comments :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Danny Green on August 31, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Thanks everyone for their comments, some people mentioned the comp and crop so I have added a repost with this in mind.

Many Thanks

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Alan Bryant on August 31, 2007 at 4:49 PM
Thats balanced out lovely now :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on September 3, 2007 at 4:26 AM
Hi Danny - nice stuff as ever, and a different style/type of Kingfisher pic that has benefitted from the secondary crop imo.

Mark

Posted by Paul Thomas on September 3, 2007 at 5:17 PM
Cracking shot :toast: Our local Kingfishers have had a nightmare of a summer too :frown:

:toast:

Paul