Pied Kingfisher in flight with catch (PAW 10/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by HarveyG:

Originally posted by tvsometime: Manual or autofocused? Great technique whichever.

Pre-focussed on branch but AF as he took off.

Pied Kingfisher in flight with catch (PAW 10/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by tvsometime:
Manual or autofocused? Great technique whichever.

"My" Woodland Kingfisher (PAW 8/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by tvsometime:
Beautiful bird and fun story. To bad about the light but still a valuable capture.

Steppe Buzzard? (PAW 7.1/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by tvsometime:
Another good bird shot. I'm so envious. I'm also noting that you are successfully shooting the "old way" before VR, IS, and the like. Nice work.

Water drops with a twist (PAW 12/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by sulamk:
Like the shot. My back is hopfullly going to be ready to let me pick up my camera soom!
Find some of the colours could do with a bit of lift perhaps the beak and the water drops and eye. But I like it a lot.

Falling ApArt
by HarveyG

Comment by bmartuch:
Love the composition and the feel of motion.

Falling ApArt
by HarveyG

Comment by pixelpig:
We spend years, as children, learning to see. But sometimes I wonder how I saw things before I learned to see what I expect to see. Maybe it was more expressionistic, maybe I could see blur, I can't remember. By now, I see only what I know is already there & my only hope to see in other ways is the camera. And comps like this. So, thanks.

African Olive Pigeon (PAW 11/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by HarveyG:
Ann, correct, for print purposes I'd leave the noise in too.

African Olive Pigeon (PAW 11/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by HarveyG:
PM'd you Dennis. Not really but the 50% crop does increase what is there. It's easier to remove it than to respond to the "Why didn't you use DeNoise software?" comments :)

African Olive Pigeon (PAW 11/52)
by HarveyG

Comment by Dennisheckman:
Wow, for a pigeon, he is really striking. Is the NR a real issue here with only 800 ISO?