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Contrasting Kingfisher

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 21, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Contrasting Kingfisher
Hi Guys,

As Kingfisher season is still very much going on i am spending most of my days at their nesting sites. That means that after spending several years there hosting my Kingfisher 1:1 workshops i have an extensive porfolio of around 8000 Kingfisher images and getting something different is still very hard to acchieve.

So to try and get another type of image i have been working with some harsh and contrasting sidelight wich gives me the opportunity to light the Kingfisher partially and by underexposing create a completely black BG.
Perhaps not to everybody's liking but certainly different from many of my other KF shots.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 2 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 640
Lens: Canon 600mm F4 + 1,4x TC
Focal length: 1092 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod & Wimberley Sidekick from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Posted by Lewis Thomson on June 21, 2009 at 4:28 PM

Nice one Jeroen, I really like these kind of light and shade shots! Shows off that fantastic blue!

Lewis.
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Posted by Major Gilbert on June 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
You got away from the norm Jeroen and its nice to see all that feather detail + the preening capture. Well done. :toast:


Major.
Posted by Ray on June 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Sorry Jeroen, not for me as a N.H. image. The black background equates to night for me and a Kingfisher isn’t a bird of the night.

Always worth experimenting, the colours here are fantastic.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 21, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments so far!
To Ray: Getting up daily at 03.30 hours to put up my hide sure feels like night... :wink: :jump:

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Fran French on June 22, 2009 at 1:22 AM
Love it Jeroen. Certainly worth the early start! The black b/g shows his colour and plumage off to perfection for me. Nice one.

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on June 22, 2009 at 2:08 AM
Stunning shot, and very different, I like it very much. :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 22, 2009 at 2:18 AM
Different, but I like it very much. You did a fine job. The detail in the feathers is great. :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 22, 2009 at 3:37 AM
Cracking image imo Jeroen - APART FROM ONE THING - the perch :eek:

What were you thinking matey :confused: :biggrin:

Other than that it's a super shot :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on June 23, 2009 at 7:47 AM
I really like it Jeroen.. Works well in all aspects. Good work and always good to think outside the box..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on June 24, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Lovely photo, love the BG+colours :wink: :wavey: