[Koru]

okay this one i maxed out on. i zoomed in almost as far as my camera would go (past the green light and right on into the red-don't-do-it light), took the photo (a fraction of a second before the bird flew off) and then used picasa to sharpen twice and crop... end result is probably the best i've got so far with a bird photo and yet still sadly lacking because i have this thing about wanting to sit on the fence next to the birds and take their photos. oh, the distance is about 15-20 feet and i took the photo from inside the house through a window *note to self: scrub the windows again*

 

[Shooter]

We have king fishers in Texas but they are a different color. Ours are blue in color. Nice job, I like the picture Karen.

Shooter

 

[richg99]

I added a little bit of "saturation" with Picasa What do you think?? and was that OK?? Rich

 

[Pocketfisherman]

Good shot. If you can adjust the contrast and raise it a bit, that would help too.

 

[Koru]

here's the original... the only thing i've done is resize it in Picasa to post it here. please feel free to fiddle and improve it

 

[Pocketfisherman]

Here's my edit adjusting the levels curve to the shadow and highligh detail in order to give a broader contrast range, then sharpened with a layer mask.