kingfisher right place right time

[relionus]

spent hours watching this perch.went today within 5mins BINGO




thanks for looking
Stuart

 

[Dawn B]

Lucky bugger!!!!

 

[bri wig]

Nice one that Stuart,is it your first one ?

 

[u8myufo]

That`s a Kf for you Stuart Well caught, my only thought was that a bit more sharpening was needed for web display, hope you dont mind the edit but will remove if you so wish

 

[slicemydrive]

very good stuart

 

[Trev4]

A great catch Stuart, your determination and patience paid off for sure. To be honest, I do prefer the colours on Rich's edit, it looks like he's desaturated slightly as well as sharpening.
Keep up the good work and at this standard I am looking forward to seeing some more

 

[Will H]

Really great shot

 

[relionus]

That`s a Kf for you Stuart Well caught, my only thought was that a bit more sharpening was needed for web display, hope you dont mind the edit but will remove if you so wish

much better than orginal .took this photo in j peg .with others all too saturated and not as sharp, when took in raw.photography is new to me [2 years] enjoy takeing photos, hate time on computor,greatfull for all the help i can get .

thank you Stuart
ps just on way back to river

 

[relionus]

Nice one that Stuart,is it your first one ?

No spend a lot of time taking wild life .but about 50% on kingfishers
see my Gallery
Thank you Stuart

 

[sticky71]

one of the best i've seen that,looks almost 3D,like he's passing me the fish.

 

[grahamsewelluk]

Personally, I prefer the original.

 

[The Pielander]

Personally, I prefer the original.

I prefer the original too. The colours are excellent....I've never been lucky enough to see a Kingfisher and in my minds eye this is what it would look like colour-wise

 

[BandyQuill]

:O but but but why cant i get pictures like that

 

[Coops]

I prefer the edit because the background is more faded and helps isolate the subject from the background more

 

[toonamp]

Great catch by the KF and you Stuart

Rich is right it did need a touch of sharpening and desaturation, excellent edit

 

[Deleted member 11790]

would love to know the location of this perch. am local to Radcliffe and am desperate for a kingfisher shot ???

if you fancy giving away the location please feel free to PM

great shot and well caught seems to have plenty of food and not camera shy

 

[micloi]

Lovely shot !!!

Did I mention that I am jealous and I hate you (just a bit)?

 

[u8myufo]

much better than orginal .took this photo in j peg .with others all too saturated and not as sharp, when took in raw.photography is new to me [2 years] enjoy takeing photos, hate time on computor,greatfull for all the help i can get .

thank you Stuart
ps just on way back to river

Glad you like Stuart, editing others pics can be a touchy thing sometimes and whilst no expert I can mess up as well as anybody else. It is obviously your choice but I would try to shoot RAW whenever possible You might get that once in a liftime unpredicted shot and wished you had It will almost become second nature to you when editing a RAW file and the time it takes to do it would not be that much different. Keep up the good work and look forward to seeing a few more from you.