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Kingfisher threatening a rival

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 7, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Kingfisher threatening a rival
Hi Guys,

Thought i'd spam you with another Kingfisher shot i made recently during my 35 hour (in total..) stake-out in my hide at the Kingfishers site.
In this shot you can see how the Kingfisher strikes a nice pose when he saw a rival flying nearby.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/300 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4+1.4 TC
Focal length:1092 mm (incl. crop factor)
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Sidekick from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-Sharpening

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Posted by John Robinson on June 7, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Superb shot Jeroen!
Excellent !
Not sure about the green bindweed though :biggrin:
Cheers
John
Posted by eric weight on June 7, 2008 at 1:22 PM
I am John, I like it. What a wonderful image. An outstanding series of images, not an 'ordinary' pose amongst them. The bar is so high on these things now that it is almost out of sight to us mortals. I feel guilty asking this, but I wonder of the colour temp is a bit 'hot', but I may be talking rubbish there. I wish all my spam was like this.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Dave Sewell on June 7, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Terrific shot and John has a point - is there any hope for us mere mortals! He also might have a point about it being slightly 'hot'. Or maybe my monitor needs recalibrating!
Dave
Posted by Edwin kats on June 7, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Your best series imho. Absolutely wonderful.

Edwin Kats
Posted by David Taylor on June 7, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Great shot. I think the plant should stay. The leaf sort of balances the loose bark IMHO.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Daniel Read on June 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
These kingfisher shots are getting better and better! :toast: :toast:

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Adam Seward on June 7, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Another incredible shot! As Eric said, I wouldn't mind getting this kind of spam in my inbox!

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on June 7, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Jeroen,
I am with Eric.
"The bar is so high on these things now that it is almost out of sight to us mortals"
The current photographic technique can handle shots never been possible before.
But we can hardly handle the photographic technique.
Photographers luckiness becomes valuable more and more.
Incredible shot Jeroen!!
Bertl

Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 7, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Jeroen

your Kingfisher shots are amazing and depending on my mood either want to make me do better or just give up :smile:



Ian
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 8, 2008 at 4:31 AM
Hi Jeroen,

WOW - Another absolutely stunning KF image! Awesome series of shots!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 8, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Like I said Jeroen - stunning images all :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on June 8, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Another AWESOME image :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 8, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Best series of KF's ive ever seen Jeroen :toast: :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Mark Sisson on June 9, 2008 at 3:52 AM
A step up from even last years successes for you!!

Great shot and I'd happily put in 35 hours or so for this sort of material.

:toast: :toast:

Mark
Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 9, 2008 at 4:37 AM
Hi Guys,

Thanks very much for your kind words!
The saturated colours are a result of the low light and shadowy site where these where shot.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel