Kingfisher...the standard thing...

Gallery: AvianPosted February 18, 20053,013 views11 comments

Hi all,

I just got back from spending two days in a hide in the snow, photographing kingfishers. I wanted to get something less standard but the circumstances were far from ideal, bad light and the birds weren't as cooparative as I hoped for as they refused to fly back on the perch with a fish. So...all I could do was add some more standard poses to my files. Here's a shot of the female bird. I'm posting from my laptop so the colors and brightness might be a bit off.

Canon EOS10D
Canon EF300/2.8L USM + EF1.4
1/60 @ f/8.0 (manual exposure)
ISO 200 / RAW
Gitzo tripod

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Tim Munsey on February 18, 2005 at 4:20 AM

It's fantastic Jasper, I'm sooooooooo jealous I want one!

Tim Munsey

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Comment posted by Jeroen Stel on February 18, 2005 at 7:25 AM

Hi Jasper,

Great shot!!
I really love the colours in this bird, and find it to be one of the most beautifull, andd rare native birds in Holland.
We had an "ijsvogel" (kingfisher) in Harmelen where i live, and i took some shots with my 300mm F5.6 a couple of years ago, and therefore i was not able to get really close,and the shots came out crappy. Then i heard he flew against a window somewhere a couple of weeks ago and died...so unfortunately i won't be able to make shot's like yours any more, and i just have to hope for a new bird to arrive, or find me a new place to shoot them. Got any suggestions?

Hope to see more of this series in the future!
Kind regards,

Jeroen Stel

Registered on November 10, 2003, 366 Posts, 481 Comments

Comment posted by Garth McElroy on February 18, 2005 at 7:59 AM

Super shot Jasper!! Maybe just a bit tight but the rest is spot on!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 248 Posts, 4406 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Mahoney on February 18, 2005 at 8:03 AM

Absolutely awesome!

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Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on February 18, 2005 at 8:53 AM

This is one beauty of a bird!! Great shot, Jasper!

Registered on February 17, 2004, 166 Posts, 3390 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Steele on February 18, 2005 at 9:41 AM

This is SO good! One of your best Jasper, and that's saying something!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 354 Posts, 13896 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on February 18, 2005 at 10:27 AM

Jasper, this is superb!

Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments

Comment posted by renae sandberg on February 18, 2005 at 11:21 AM

Absolutely fantastic.

Registered on December 29, 2004, 313 Posts, 2476 Comments

Comment posted by Ofer Levy on February 18, 2005 at 2:39 PM

This is an AMAZING shot Jasper !!!!

I agree its a bit tight.

Registered on July 23, 2004, 172 Posts, 1513 Comments

Comment posted by Toni Lankerd on February 18, 2005 at 5:21 PM

Sweeeeet!

Toni

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Comment posted by Manos Papadomanola on December 13, 2007 at 1:57 PM

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