CATCH

Comments are very welcome, thanks in advance

Big catch by the bird & the photographer. Very good cropping,exposure and colors.Great!

Thanks again Amal, I am just home from a holiday in Portugal, looking through the pictures, and I am also happy with this catch....

...and perfect composition... ;x

A really beautiful shot, Els!

 

Hartelijke groeten uit te nat Drenthe....,

 

Ruud.

good catch for both, ciao Giangiorgio

Very nice. The bird caught a red fish to make the colors of the picture even better :)

Thank you all for your comments, it is aprreciated very much

 

with love Els

great capture dear Els...

 

and so nice to see you again...:)

with love

Thanks Guzin, I am also happy to see YOU again ;D

I was viewing your portfolio and this is my personal favorite. I see at the other comments that every other commentator mentions the red fish. It is beautiful indeed. But the main strenght of this image is the very nice curve which created by bird itself by taking its own head under its wing. It is magnificent. The red fish is a beautiful too and its saturation level should be a tiny bit increased in my opinion only in order to match the definitely needed saturation increase of blue of the sky. They could add a nice color contrast together. The increase of the red saturation would also increase the warm tones of the white areas of the bird which is better avoided by masking I believe. This areas are already wonderfully tinted with a adequate and rich level of saturation.  Lastly I would apply some local sharpening to the bird's eye since it is a little bit unsharp. The eye is not the only part of the bird which needs retouch at sharpening since its jowl suffers from oversharpening with dark haloes. A common issue at high contrast areas. This photo is wonderful. I enjoyed looking at it and analyzing it. I hope you get enjoyment from receiving a fellow photographer's point of view too. Congratulations and best regards.

First of all I want to thank you Kaya Eliçin, traveling into my portfolio, I appreciate that very much. Also I am happy with your detailed comment, and receiving it from a fellow photographer's point of view does make it even more nice, I don't know why, but okay, I sometimes say: the more we know the less we understand..... Thanks again

 

-with love Els

Amazin and beautiful capture, excellent work.

Alberto

I visited again your work today, many of them I 'm familiar with and commented on , I love your eye and your observation!I somehow missed this unusual catch. The timing, the wing angle ,as a "frame" to the head  ,the color , the clarity of FG on the blue sky...There are many birds with  a fish catch, but this one is special! Take care , and hugs.

Hello special woman, I am still enjoying/feeling happy that we finally did meet each other, and I hope you see this comment, so you also can see I did use your picture of me as my new bio.... I love you dear PN ina, thanks for your enormous BIG heart and kindness. You understand that it is also coming from my husband Rycho, we have such GREAT memories of you and your daughter, it did make our life much richer

 

-with love Els