Great kiskadee

[dadas115]

I shot this image this past week. Any comments are appreciated.

Greg

[Lara]

Excellent capture Greg! I'm no expert, but to me it's pretty darn near perfect.

[readingr]

Wow! - nearly perfect? Whats is wrong with this shot? I love it.

Can we have some information on Camera, Lense, Speed, Film/Digital, etc please.

PS What breed?

[Lara]

Didn't say there was anything "wrong" with the shot.

I think the breed is in the title of his post.

[readingr]

Lara,

Shows how much I know about Dragons, Lions and now birds!!!! Oh and observation nil points

[dadas115]

Thanks for the kind words. The camera used was a Canon EOS 20D and the lens was the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS with EF 1.4x II TC shot at 560mm and f/8 with a shutter speed of 1/200 sec. This shot was hand held.

Greg

[jcharris]

Hi Greg

I agree with Lara , beautiful shot , not even the little branch next to the bird is distracting .

Regards
james

[walterick]

Very nice!

I think it's perfect with regards to exposure, sharpness, colors, well... everything but if there was one thing I could change it would be the trunk being behind the bird's head but that of course was unavoiadable. Great job, and handholding!

Paul, are you looking?

Rick

[Mando327]

Hey dadas, excellent shot, especially handheld! Now comes the fun part. Editing! The picture to me looks a little dull. Try putting in some life and vividness by playing with the brightness and contrast controls. This is what i got. You can also put a bit more brightness or contrast, but be wary of overblowing the details of the feathers.

Exellent Job,

Mando

[Aaron]

Very effective photo! Superb job for handholding, keep up the good work.

[paulnj]

AMAZING species Greg! the exposure and position of the bird is GREAT . The only way to improve would be open up a bit to get the tail sharp too and the BG which CAN'T be helped(without cheating ). I would love to call this image mine!

OK....WHERE is my question, as I only know of them being in SOUTH Texas , and your area as a vagraint.