Kingfisher on the move

[Danny.]

The E-M1 with the Canon FD 500 F/4.5L from the other day

Ready for take off

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And just off and about

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And the crab toss

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All the best folks.

Danny.

 

[The Grumpy Snapper]

A nice set Danny. Where's the pellet regurgitation?

 

[Keeth101]

Awesome flight shots

 

[Danny.]

A nice set Danny. Where's the pellet regurgitation?

Trust you I just wasn't happy with the lighting, so didn't include it. Taken the week before as well I think.

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[longviewer]

Excellent image that..wish I weren't eating at the moment though

 

[Mountain]

Nice shots! Would you mind sharing your camera settings and a glimpse at what kind of crop (if any) you were needing? I'm always interested in learning from the talented crowd on this forum. We have belted kingfishers here, and they are my mortal enemy in world of bird photos. I never seem to manage to get a good vantage point to capture them.

 

[Kalifornier]

Fantastic shots!

 

[The Grumpy Snapper]

Trust you I just wasn't happy with the lighting, so didn't include it. Taken the week before as well I think.

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At least you got the shot. I still don't have any species of Kingfisher regurgitating a pellet.

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Great work Danny. I have only seen one Kingfisher, and I doubt that I could have gotten very close to catch shots like these.

edit: I mean attempt to get shots like these.

 

[tonyturley]

The E-M1 with the Canon FD 500 F/4.5L from the other day

Ready for take off

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And just off and about

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And the crab toss

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All the best folks.

Danny.

Hi Danny. Great captures, as always. Is that the same Canon lens you were using back when we were both posting in the Sony forum? My own attempts with our local Kingfishers have been, shall we say, lackluster.

Tony

 

[Danny.]

Nice shots! Would you mind sharing your camera settings and a glimpse at what kind of crop (if any) you were needing? I'm always interested in learning from the talented crowd on this forum. We have belted kingfishers here, and they are my mortal enemy in world of bird photos. I never seem to manage to get a good vantage point to capture them.

Ahhh, thats real easy. I get asked a fair bit and did a post up in here on it. I use only manual focus, so it's a bit different, but everything else applies.

Manual focus tele lens techniques for birds and BIF's

There's cropping in there as well as the general settings. That's only me though, there are plenty of other ways of going about it.

I get messy though, a shot by a friend on the shore the day those shots were taken

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And yes, I end up doing my own washing. Jan doesn't want to know

All the best and thanks.

Danny.

 

[Danny.]

Hi Danny. Great captures, as always. Is that the same Canon lens you were using back when we were both posting in the Sony forum? My own attempts with our local Kingfishers have been, shall we say, lackluster.

Tony

Howdy Tony, yep still the same lens. Still using the 300 F/2.8 and the 800 F/5.6 as well. Shhh, just bought a second hand Sony A7 with less than 400 shutter counts on it. I'll see how FF goes.

The NEX-7 is still going strong as well tony (built like a tank that little beauty), while my Oly's aren't doing so well. The E-M10 shutter died last weekend and I've ripped the mechanical shutter out of the E-M1, so that's electronic shutter only now. Next m4/3 will be a Panasonic !!

All the best Tony, good to see ya.

 

[bigrat72]

Great shots as always. These guys are fast, would be happy if I can get one of these.

 

[Phocal]

Great capture as usual Danny. Hoping to get some kingfisher shots later this summer when I head to west Texas. Looks like a muddy place to shoot.

 

[pellicle]

Trust you I just wasn't happy with the lighting, so didn't include it. Taken the week before as well I think.

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as we say in Queensland : "spewin"

 

[The Grumpy Snapper]

A rock to sit on, luxury.

 

[Danny.]

A rock to sit on, luxury.

It's not a rock. It's a meteorite and it took 3 of us and a 4WD to get it out there !! It started in death valley.

 

[The Grumpy Snapper]

It's not a rock. It's a meteorite and it took 3 of us and a 4WD to get it out there !! It started in death valley.

If it glows in the dark it would be really useful for getting into position before sunrise.