Plumage ( Alcedo)

Taken in October last year from a hide, A different Take on this beautiful bird.
5d mk2
500mm L is
400 iso
f 10
Shutter 200

Love it! very arty.
Regards
Frederic

I like the composition of this Dale but assume it is quite a crop (?) there are a number of artefacts appearing in the lower LH corners and in the darker areas of the central feathers. It's also a shame that the 'orange' feathers seem a soft in terms of focus. I think it is a fantastic attempt though and something I've only ever seen done on a dead bird using a macro set-up, so kudos for getting something different ..

Brett

Hi Dale,

I really like the artistic feel to this image. Good to see variations on a theme.

Cheers

Austin

Brettt has summed up nicely my own thoughts on this one.
Good idea but the hefty crop is killing it

stunning colours and great composition, agree about the crop not enhancing the image quality but imagine it would be hard to do this without cropping it considering such a small bird

Heavy crop, over-sharpening/ compression? and the softness of the overlapping orange plumage take the edge off what would have been a spectacular shot!