Azure Kingfisher without supper

[Gordon]

I managed another shot on the same day, I think this may have been the mate.

He was on the boat mooring hence the rope.

5dmk11 300f2.8 100@f2.8 ISO 200 Hand held on a slow boat.

[P Plates]

That's nice, really pretty birds and I love the background in this. I'm certainly no expert on bird photography but f2.8 gives you such a narrow DOF would you be better with a smaller aperture to give better definition to the feathers?

[Gordon]

Yes from what I know now I would have been better off opening up the ISO and using a smaller aperture would have been much better. I forget why I use ISO 200 the camera would certainly have sustained a higher figure. Thanks for your input.

[loose cannon]

Almost! Just a little blurred but not too shabby. Another round of selective sharpening might lift this one a notch.

A beautiful bird and very difficult to get close enough too for capture.

I've only had one chance in five years and I blew it.

[avkomp]

worth using faster shutter speed if you can, upping the iso would have let you stop down a tad and or use a faster one.
is worth remembering a rule of thumb of using one over the focal length as the minimum shutter speed you use,
in this case 1/300th.
with any guideline though you can always go slower with good support etc