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Sharing this image of a kingfisher. Unfortunately I was photographing against the light. However, I photographed as I liked the shape of the tree trunk. A bit of fill flash would have been good, but I was not carrying my flash at that time.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII ie. at 800mm, ISO 800, f8, 1/500, full frame.
I would have definitely loved to see it holding a prey (fish, tadpoles etc) in its beak.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
You're right, the trunk adds to the compo. Nice image. Any specific reasons for using ISO 800, though? I thought a lower one would work better.
Abhishek,
Light was terrible. I wanted a higher shutter speed. If I would have used ISO 400, then the shutter speed would have been 1/250. I wanted to get higher depth of field to get the tree trunk and the bird, so used f8.
Though I had the lens mounted on tripod, if the bird would have remained still, then I could have clicked at lower ISO. I would have reduced the ISO later if the bird would have remained for some time.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Beautiful capture, Sabyasachi :). Loved the Bark to paint ;) and the acute eyes....
Can we have more Smilies to show our expressions, views & feelings...just my thought :).
All best wishes,
Cheers, Rahul
Nice composition. The texture on the bark is good. As you have mentioned the light was quite low, the BG is a bit gloomy. Nice image.
sharp image....agree with mrudul, coz of the BG there is a halo effect on the bird i feel
This is awesome work , esp with the light you had to work with.
Good job considering the light.
Apana