Preening Kingfisher

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6 replies

Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 29, 2013 at 6:43 PM

Hi Guys,

Very busy hosting my annual Kingfisher workshops and getting some shots in the meantime.
Here's one of the female preening her feathers after digging a new nesting hole today.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1DX
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: F 4.5
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: - 2/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo (in AF-On modus)
ISO: 1000
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:600 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Fluid Head from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS6

Posted by Bob Johnson on May 30, 2013 at 4:01 AM

Beautiful KF Jeroen. I would be tempted to crop in a bit from the left moving the KF into the left side of the shot and removing the exposed left end of the perch

Bob

Posted by David Sewell on May 30, 2013 at 5:55 AM

I think the cropped version is an improvement to what is already a good picture.

David

Posted by keith mitchell on May 30, 2013 at 8:19 AM

Don't often see shots of these preening this looks excellent!

Keith.

Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 30, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Beautiful shot, Jeroen. Bob's comp looks good too.

Andy...

Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 30, 2013 at 12:50 PM

Cracking shot Jeroen the outstretched wing looks superb along with a fantastic bg and perch. I like both comps and would struggle to choose. Tpo drawer image.

Nick.

Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 31, 2013 at 4:49 PM

Hi Guys,

Thank you for your comments!
I wanted to plave the Kingfisher dead centre to balance the image and that is why i chose this composition but perhaps cloning out the exposed bit of the perch with a bit of moss would have done the trick here as i still think i prefer the dead centre placement of the bird.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel