Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by Skip:
that's quite a find. nice work.

Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by howzit:
I love these birds - so similar to the kingfishers in South Africa. Well composed photograph with perfect DOF.

Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by Trinity_12_12:
A lovely photo but I feel the colour saturation is slightly 'unreal' and a catchlight created by fill in flash would have brightened the eye a little.

Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by pixelpig:
the color of the light is appealing in this, detail is pleasant, & I like what you did w/the background...9

Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by Brad:
These birds are so darned cute and love their name.
This image could have done a lot better in my opinion, had the background not been so harsh and high in contrast, and some detail brought out of the eye.
I played a little with it in Photoshop just out of curiosity and applied a brown toned black & white layer to the image overall, did edit, fade, and watched until I was able to get a slightly toned, but desaturated look to the background, then erased back in the bird and the main branch. I did a strong USM sharpening of the bird and main branch and adjusted the levels in the eye , then added some black to the reds (selective colors adjustments)in the branch.
Feel free to PM me for a URL where I put it (in my workshop folder).

Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by hughletheren:
Attractive composition and lighting.

Sunset Swim (IMG_4437-01)
by robs

Comment by elizadeb:
Glorious colors!

Sunset Swim (IMG_4437-01)
by robs

Comment by sweetness:
Beautiful! I love the golden tones.

Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by xXxscarletxXx:
great shot love the DOF 9

Kookaburra
by robs

Comment by Antsy:
I would have cropped the bottom part out. I would have loved to see more details of that beautiful bird.