Thanks Steve for your feedback ... would agree that it might be not the hottest BKG on planet earth and the dark blotches are less than ideal , my fault , should have addressed that in post . The blues in the snow ... well matter of taste ... but could easily addressed , I was thinking about to make it more neutral but let them in for the time being . The smooth BKG is natural ....
That said , I would disagree to bin the image ... the BKG does not break the image IMHO and the perch is completely natural and not arranged as at a set up , so definitely no point for . It is by nature a totally different way of shooting kingfishers .... and making the possible best out of it is key here and not comparable to set up shooting . You as a neutral viewer see it differently , fair enough . I have even more images with even busier natural settings .... and I do think they are more exciting to look at , than the sterile settings I have shot the KF . Pretty boring at times !!!! So I rather accept a natural way of shooting AT TIMES , not generally . All settings have their interest , just in different ways .... just my take . If you feel you need to bin this kind of shot .... well go for it .
BTW .... i am surprised to hear that you , as an experienced photographer , took images the whole day not realizing the BKG issues ..... finally deleting the whole day . Well we all work differently
Cheers Andreas
Last edited by Andreas Liedmann; 04-30-2024 at 03:57 AM.
. I have even more images with even busier natural settings .... and I do think they are more exciting to look at , than the sterile settings I have shot the KF . Pretty boring at times !!!! So I rather accept a natural way of shooting AT TIMES , not generally . All settings have their interest , just in different ways .... just my take . If you feel you need to bin this kind of shot .... well go for it
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