Gallery: AvianPosted August 19, 2015102 views10 comments
Canon 450/ Sony bridge camera a lot of these were taken early morning, used bridge camera for that as struggled with light with slr.
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Comment posted by Brad Hill on August 19, 2015 at 11:38 AM
Hi Paula,
I took the liberty of moving your image to the Avian Gallery - I trust that's OK.
Cheers...
Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on August 19, 2015 at 12:11 PM
These guys are so hard to capture! You've done a nice job with the comp, detail and perch. Not sure what a bridge camera is, but it worked for you on this image.
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 19, 2015 at 1:00 PM
Hey Paula,
Wonderful colors, nice perch and a perfect pose from this illusive Kingfisher. Without a doubt, one of the hardest birds to photograph IMO, they are small, very fast and don't wait around once they sense your presence making this an impressive first post. You have however lost a tremendous amount of feather detail, I would assume from noise reduction from the "struggled with light" aspect you mentioned. On the other hand the right top of the perch is blown out indicating too much light. All in all there are a lot of fine aspects to this image and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Mike
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Comment posted by Paula fleischmann on August 19, 2015 at 1:17 PM
Thanks for comment's I live by the river and stuck some perches in and the kingfisher use's them a lot. A bridge camera is a mirror less camera so there is no noise, which is handy for deer stalking.😀
Registered on August 19, 2015, 10 Posts, 13 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 19, 2015 at 5:23 PM
Welcome, Paula. This is a wonderful place to learn and this is an excellent first post. Mike mentioned the lack of detail in the plumage and the overexposed portion of the perch. It's difficult to say exactly what you couldhave done differently unless you post the shooting parameters (camera, lens, tripod or not, shutter speed, equivalent iso, aperture, lighting conditions and what you did in post processing in terms of cropping, sharpening, noise reduction, etc) and anything else you can think of that might have affected the image. That said, this is till a really cool image with a great head turn and the exposure of the bird itself is excellent. I look forward to your future posts.
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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on August 19, 2015 at 5:44 PM
I really like your composition Paula. How nice to live by a river where these beautiful birds are around. As has been mentioned, there is some detail loss in the bird, presumably from noise reduction. Otherwise, a wonderful post.
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Comment posted by Paula fleischmann on August 20, 2015 at 7:54 AM
If its any help the end of the perch is already bleached white so would look a bit different, will post other kingfisher pics, thanks for comment's 😁
Registered on August 19, 2015, 10 Posts, 13 Comments
Comment posted by Paula fleischmann on August 20, 2015 at 12:35 PM
Hi I have been trying to uipload another photo but it is to big ( 1.9mb) how do I reduce file
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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on August 20, 2015 at 2:53 PM
Hello Paula ! The species of course is great and one of the birds I love most. As mentioned it lacks some details, but in order to see what you could have done differently it woudl be useful to have the parameters added. Nevertheless a pleasant image to look at! Cheers, Hans
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Comment posted by Paula fleischmann on August 20, 2015 at 3:41 PM
F/5.6. 140mm. 1/125s. Iso800
Registered on August 19, 2015, 10 Posts, 13 Comments
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10 commentsHi Paula,
I took the liberty of moving your image to the Avian Gallery - I trust that's OK.
Cheers...
Brad
These guys are so hard to capture! You've done a nice job with the comp, detail and perch. Not sure what a bridge camera is, but it worked for you on this image.
Hey Paula,
Wonderful colors, nice perch and a perfect pose from this illusive Kingfisher. Without a doubt, one of the hardest birds to photograph IMO, they are small, very fast and don't wait around once they sense your presence making this an impressive first post. You have however lost a tremendous amount of feather detail, I would assume from noise reduction from the "struggled with light" aspect you mentioned. On the other hand the right top of the perch is blown out indicating too much light. All in all there are a lot of fine aspects to this image and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Mike
Thanks for comment's I live by the river and stuck some perches in and the kingfisher use's them a lot. A bridge camera is a mirror less camera so there is no noise, which is handy for deer stalking.😀
Welcome, Paula. This is a wonderful place to learn and this is an excellent first post. Mike mentioned the lack of detail in the plumage and the overexposed portion of the perch. It's difficult to say exactly what you couldhave done differently unless you post the shooting parameters (camera, lens, tripod or not, shutter speed, equivalent iso, aperture, lighting conditions and what you did in post processing in terms of cropping, sharpening, noise reduction, etc) and anything else you can think of that might have affected the image. That said, this is till a really cool image with a great head turn and the exposure of the bird itself is excellent. I look forward to your future posts.
I really like your composition Paula. How nice to live by a river where these beautiful birds are around. As has been mentioned, there is some detail loss in the bird, presumably from noise reduction. Otherwise, a wonderful post.
If its any help the end of the perch is already bleached white so would look a bit different, will post other kingfisher pics, thanks for comment's 😁
Hi I have been trying to uipload another photo but it is to big ( 1.9mb) how do I reduce file
Hello Paula ! The species of course is great and one of the birds I love most. As mentioned it lacks some details, but in order to see what you could have done differently it woudl be useful to have the parameters added
. Nevertheless a pleasant image to look at! Cheers, Hans
F/5.6. 140mm. 1/125s. Iso800