Just shows you can never win. I was trying to get some shots and had fitted a 2 x TC to my 500mm lens as she was a bit far away. When she ( I think its a female ) decided to get a bit too close. This shot is full frame no crop ! Not sure if I could crop it better or not.
Nikon D200
Sigma 500mm with 2 X TC
ISO 400 @ f9 125 sec
Any comments welcome
Cheers
Ian
Posted by Darlene Almeda on October 23, 2008 at 12:30 AM
I think this is a great photo! Softness and/or soft light works well here.
Posted by eric weight on October 23, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Hi Ian,
I have a tremendous feeling of deja vu here?
Typical wildlife behaviour designed top frustrate nature photographers. Put on a long lens - they come too close. Put on a short one and they don't. Eric
Posted by Chris Jones on October 23, 2008 at 3:30 AM
Yeah, its a right old paddy moment when this happens.
Still you made the best of it.
Regards Chris
Posted by David Sewell on October 23, 2008 at 4:11 AM
Typical of many species, I am sure it is a defence mechanism against long lenses. One thought, if you crop this from the bottom and left, there remains a great head-and-shoulders portrait.
David
Did you blur the bird in photoshop? I say this as what catches my eye is the fact the bird is sharp from the tip of it's beak to the back of it's head but below this it suddenly goes oof or blurred.
The feathers under the eye look a little over sharpened too, but I know with kingfishers they can look oversharpened even when none has been applied. maybe they don't like having their picture taken
I think it's a young male bird, the females have a completely orange lower beak, the males sometimes have a little orange on them which tends to fade with age, kingfishers have dull dark feet when they are young going to bright orange by the time they are 2 years old, young birds tend to have a darker blue to their feathers too, just thought you might be interested in that info.
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10 repliesNikon D200
Sigma 500mm with 2 X TC
ISO 400 @ f9 125 sec
Any comments welcome
Cheers
Ian
I have a tremendous feeling of deja vu here?
Typical wildlife behaviour designed top frustrate nature photographers. Put on a long lens - they come too close. Put on a short one and they don't.
Still you made the best of it.
Regards Chris
David
This is a cracking close up.
Love the soft light and detail - agree with David's suggestion as I'm not keen on the composition!
David
Ian
I agree with the suggested crop too, and also wish it was my image !
Fran
The feathers under the eye look a little over sharpened too, but I know with kingfishers they can look oversharpened even when none has been applied.
I think it's a young male bird, the females have a completely orange lower beak, the males sometimes have a little orange on them which tends to fade with age, kingfishers have dull dark feet when they are young going to bright orange by the time they are 2 years old, young birds tend to have a darker blue to their feathers too, just thought you might be interested in that info.