Sunset Kingfisher

Gallery: AvianPosted August 2, 2010221 views12 comments

I had a nice session with the local Belted Kingfishers a couple of days ago. Here's one right at the end in the last rays of sunshine. It's cropped to about 75% of FF.

MkIII 500F4 1/2000 F5.6 iso 640, manual exposure, handheld

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on August 2, 2010 at 12:21 AM

Nice light showing off the belt nicely! I spent an evening with 2 of them, just couldn't get close enough...they are tough! Good shot.

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Comment posted by Darren McKenna on August 2, 2010 at 5:33 AM

Nice light and pose, the head looks to be a tad soft.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on August 2, 2010 at 8:27 AM

Fantastic job Nate. Getting an image like this that is 75% of FF is extremely difficult, plus you got this nice light. Good catch light and pretty color showing on this girl.

Congrats!

Peter

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 2, 2010 at 8:30 AM

Nice one Nate - love the light

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 2, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Great lighting on this bird Nate

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 2, 2010 at 11:13 AM

Nice one, Nate. Great eye contact and beautiful light.

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Comment posted by Keith A Anderson on August 2, 2010 at 11:40 AM

Nice one! These guys are tough and you were obviously right on the bird for such a limited crop.

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Comment posted by jamie pringle on August 2, 2010 at 11:40 AM

Great light and results with the hand held shot. They always seem to lurk right outside my focal length!

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Comment posted by David Schoen on August 2, 2010 at 3:12 PM

Impressive, because they fly so fast!!!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 2, 2010 at 4:26 PM

Sweet flight shot in great light Nate!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on August 2, 2010 at 5:43 PM

Wow Nate, 75% of FF. Way to go! Nice warm light to. I might like a bit more light on the face, but the catchlight helps a lot.

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Comment posted by Kirk Greene on August 2, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Very nice..I have tried & tried & tried to get them in flight & there is a reason I've never posted one. I have struck out with every attempt. A lot of skill is required to pull this off..congratulations!

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