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Kingfisher

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Posted by Graham Bailey on December 6, 2007 at 5:29 AM
This was one of the first shots i took when i got my sigma 500mm, about a year ago. i thought I'd lost the files from this shoot but i found them saved onto the wrong hard drive when i was doing a backup last week.
Posted by Rob Howard on December 6, 2007 at 7:12 AM
Hi Graham,

Stunning image with great colours. I like the perch and the lovely smooth BG. Only nit is it is composed to centrally, ideally would be nice to have space for it to "look" into.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Frederic Desmette on December 6, 2007 at 7:14 AM
Another kingfisher fan. Nice picture but as Rob said, it is a bit to central.
Frederic
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 6, 2007 at 7:40 AM
Same here Graham - too central - cracking image in all other departments :toast:
Posted by Dave Sewell on December 6, 2007 at 7:45 AM
Agree with Andy re composition but it's a stunning image.
Posted by eric weight on December 6, 2007 at 8:32 AM
Beautiful :toast:
Posted by Gary Beers on December 6, 2007 at 9:21 AM
I would have been extremely sorry if I had lost a shot like this!
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 6, 2007 at 9:36 AM
Outstanding :toast: :toast: :toast:

Steve
Posted by Laurie Braman on December 6, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Beautiful colors!

Laurie :smile:
Posted by Graeme Lee on December 6, 2007 at 12:26 PM
Yeah very nice! Too central though. But Nick will like it as you can add some text behind it Only joking Nick :wink: Processing looks great and the whites are very well controlled which apparently seems hard to do with so little of it :toast:
Posted by Barry Southon on December 6, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Great example Graham

Barry :wink:

Eastbourne
UK
Posted by Ian Andrews on December 6, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Nice young female! I'd prefer the shot in the centre to no shot at all! :wink:
The perch is unusual too.

Regards

Ian
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 6, 2007 at 1:36 PM
Hi Graham,

Too central or not , it's still a superb image :toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Graham Bailey on December 6, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Thanks for all the comments, I have cropped as much as I can to make it less central - is this better or is it too tight now?
Posted by Ian Andrews on December 7, 2007 at 3:52 AM
Great improvement! :smile:

Ian
Posted by Graeme Lee on December 7, 2007 at 4:52 AM
Looks far more balanced now for me, but a lot tighter which some like and some don't. I like it :toast:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on December 7, 2007 at 2:28 PM
Super shot Graham :toast:

Repost feels a tight, even for me :smile:

Maybe converting to a vert, by adding canvas would be another option maybe :rolleyes: :smile:

Its a beauty though :toast:

Alan