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First kingfisher

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Posted by John Swift on October 14, 2006 at 3:00 PM
First kingfisher
D2x, 300-800 @ 800, 1/320 @ f5.6, ISO400, manual exposure.
This is my first post for a very long while but is a bit of a milestone for me being the only kingfisher I've ever photographed so I thought I'd share it with you. This is one of only three frames shot over 2 days waiting for the bird to pause in a clear spot. Sadly the perch is rather ugly and uninteresting but as this is on a reserve I'm afraid I'm unable to introduce a substitute.

Regards

John S
Posted by Rob Ashton on October 14, 2006 at 3:09 PM
The perch is fine and the BG is superb. Well done. I have only just managed to capture a Kingfisher for the first time a few weeks ago. Amazing just to see them.

Rob :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on October 14, 2006 at 3:12 PM
Hi John,
Superb shot , the perch works for me and the clean background is excellent.
Regards
Andy...
Posted by Anthony House on October 14, 2006 at 3:52 PM
Nothing wrong with the perch at all and you've got a good clean b/g and a nice pose from the bird too.

Congrats on your first Kingfisher image, but be careful, they become addictive :biggrin:

Tony
Posted by John MacTavish on October 14, 2006 at 4:00 PM
Very nice.
Now you've got the problem of where to go to improve on it. A hard task but I'm sure you'll find a way.

Cheers,
John :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on October 14, 2006 at 4:19 PM
Wonderful and like that BG.Well done. :toast:

Major
Posted by John Chapman on October 15, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Hi John
nice capture of a terrific bird. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Kevin Lewis on October 15, 2006 at 1:39 PM
A lovely clean image of a young male. BG is just about perfect imo. Looking at the camera numbers I think I would traded some of the shutter speed for aperture, the dof looks a touch tight
Posted by David Kjaer on October 16, 2006 at 5:34 AM
Hi John

Super shot and BG - if it were mine I would have cropped a little tighter especially off the top!

David :toast:
Posted by Terry on October 16, 2006 at 9:23 AM
Really nice image John of a very difficult bird :smile: my own personal preference would be for the bird to be just a little higher in the frame.

Terry
Posted by Graham Bailey on October 16, 2006 at 10:09 AM
Spot on. I think the composition wokrs really well :toast:
Posted by Paul Williams on October 16, 2006 at 5:09 PM
I'm jealous! :biggrin: It's a really nice shot and I think the crop works well, it's a bit different which is what I like.
Posted by Justin on October 17, 2006 at 8:42 AM
Well worth waiting two days for :cool: :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on October 18, 2006 at 7:16 AM
Hello John

Love this shot colours are superb one bird I would love to do.

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Danny