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Kingfisher - at first light

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Posted by Jeff Harrison on September 3, 2010 at 3:39 AM
Kingfisher - at first light
One from a couple of years ago but recently re-worked.
As ever, c & c most welcome.

Taken with Canon 30D and Canon 100-400mm L IS lens at 225mm, f/8, ISO400 and 1/200th sec
Posted by Dale Sutton on September 3, 2010 at 4:12 AM
Nice shot and lovely colours Jeff but looks well over sharpened this end.

Dale :toast:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on September 3, 2010 at 4:31 AM
Cheers Dale - you're absolutely right about the sharpening. My standard workflow is to process for printing at A4/A3 and to sharpen accordingly. When it comes to web posting I'm afraid I'm rather forgetful (or perhaps I should say lazy :wink: ) about re-processing :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 3, 2010 at 7:12 AM

Processed correctly for web and this will be a beauty Jeff, love the POV and the lighting.

The image as posted, looks like a hand drawn illustration and I have to say Jeff, I like it very much, think I'd be tempted to have both versions on file.

Andy...
Posted by Paul Rosser on September 3, 2010 at 9:36 AM
A lovely image, but as the others have pointed out, way too much sharpening, which detracts from the image in my opinion!
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on September 3, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Yes, potentially a stunner - I'd love to see it reworked.
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM
It's all been said.
It's still a great image though :smile:

Geoff.
Posted by Marcel van Duinhov on September 3, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Its a great shot but the sharpness is too much.
I would like to see a new version.
Posted by Ron McCombe on September 3, 2010 at 4:36 PM
fabulous image Jeff but a little mover sharpened

Ron
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 3, 2010 at 5:05 PM
I think you should keep this version as an artistic interpretation with a stronger vignette (maybe a B&W conversion too) and also reprocess another version with less sharpness. A nice composition though.

Ian

Posted by Barrie Courtenay on September 4, 2010 at 4:23 AM
Nits covered Jeff,still like it a lot

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on September 4, 2010 at 4:48 AM
Certainly different - well composed and I like the POV. Nits covered.

David :toast:
Posted by Justin on September 4, 2010 at 8:18 AM
The angle certainly shows the wonderful plumage colours off very well. Perhaps would have preferred to see a little more of the birds face, but saying that, I do like how the bird is oblivious to your presence and the way he seems to be concentrating on something in the distance.
Needs re-processing to do the image justice, but I'm sure the original looks fine.