Kingfishers sharing fish Part III

Hi Guys,

Hope i am not boring you with these Kingfisher shots but your comments on these series have been overwhelming and i have not had much time to go out and shoot anything else..
The Kingfishers are now nesting so i decided to leave them alone for the next few weeks and then give it another try once the youngsters are there..

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 9
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
Focal length:780 mm (incl. crop factor)
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Sidekick from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-Sharpening

I like this one also but prefer number two.

Hi Jeroen, another fine image from your Kingfisher-series. In general I find Kingfishers on a stick sooo boring (and easy to do) - but Joe Public (and fellow Nature Photographers seems to love them anyway, must be the colours...).

Therefore I find it refreshing when you show us some action with your Kingfisher-shots. In this particular shot I think you should have placed the twig uneven in height to get less symmetry when two birds are visiting (assuming you placed the twig yourself...).

Yep, it is nice to see a KF series..........with a difference Jeroen

I quite like the symmetry, although i take Helge's point!!

Some great variations in the series {as with Dave's Fox's, and Elliott's badgers}, and each one can stand on their own.

A beauty

Alan

Another cracker for your collection

Another great KF image-Nothing standard about this series-wonderful interaction-I like the background here as well just enough detail as to not totally dominate

Dave

The 2008 KF portfolio is growing at an alarming rate Jeroen

Slightly tight on left birds tail - but I can live with it

Andy was full of praise for your KF shots when I met him last week and he wasn't exaggerating! All wonderful and a joy to view. Looking forward to the next ones especially when the youngsters are on the scene.

Thank you for sharing

Very nice indeed!
Frederic

I would be happy even to see one of these, but to get two in a frame is breathtaking. Great interaction.

The interaction is brilliant, love it

Another stunner jeroen. I don't what else to say. Nice bg too. LH bird looks a bit tatty around the back of the head and its eye looks a little odd - mating damage?
Eric

Hi Guys,

Thank you very much for all your kind words on my Kingfisher series so far!
This perch is one that i did not place and it is the perch nearest to their nest and they tend to fly to it all the time so i left it as is not to disturb them too much.

Hope to post some moro Kingfisher shots soon!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Great shot in a great series. Very nice to see the behaviour and interaction with these birds as opposed to straight forward 'bird on a perch' portraits.