Early Morning Kingfisher

Gallery: AvianPosted January 26, 2014111 views6 comments

Belted Kingfisher ( Megaceryle alcyon )

Very early morning with the dew still on the spider web.

Sun has just broken above the trees and the morning glow is beautiful. I had a Vernal pond excavated awhile ago and have left an island with some dead and live trees still standing there. This guy was a regular visitor most mornings this season and has perched on this dead limb.

This is image was captured using jpg. I am now using RAW and find RAW much better overall!

Tripod mounted
Nikon lens 200-400mm VR 2.8 taken @ 400mm
Fuji S5 pro camera
speed 1/100 , F5, ISO 200
Manual exposure

Wild Kingfisher , Not baited, or called in .

Comments appreciated

Bill

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 26, 2014 at 9:09 PM

Excellent work. Very good detail in the bird, just enough head turn to be interesting and nice background. The cobwebs are a bonus.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 27, 2014 at 5:22 PM

Unusual approach, this back-view - but it works very well for me ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 27, 2014 at 7:22 PM

I like this, Bill. like Jim says, you've got just enough of a head turn to make this perspective work. details look great, and DOF is where it should be with the head and bill both nice and sharp at the expense of the tail.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 27, 2014 at 8:29 PM

This is nice...I like the different perspective from the rear. These darn birds are so difficult to get near...I guess sneaking up on them from the rear is a good approach! I'm a little confused by your comment: "This is an image captured using jpg and had not converted to RAW yet." I think you've got that turned around. Sharon

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 27, 2014 at 9:41 PM

Neat composition and nice detail, Bill. To my eye, there appears to be a bit of a blue color cast.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on January 29, 2014 at 3:35 PM

Hello Twitchers

Thanks for you Feedback.... Enjoy seeing the Varied thoughts and Critiques....

Bill

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