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Male Kingfisher

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Posted by Karen Summers on August 4, 2010 at 6:10 AM
Male Kingfisher
This male stayed only for a few seconds then was gone and didn t come back again, glad I got some shots of him though he was a beauty.

Canon 1DMK4, Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor, ISO 800,f5.6, 1/320

Posted by David Sewell on August 4, 2010 at 6:15 AM
Beautifully sharp, great background and well-composed. Works for me.

David
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 4, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Top notch Karen :toast: :toast:

No nits to pick :wink:
Posted by Matt Cole on August 4, 2010 at 6:19 AM
that's stunning Karen. Flawless, as far as I'm concerned.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Bronia Klima on August 4, 2010 at 6:43 AM
Well Captured Karen, what a beauty stunning deatil and background works well,
Fab few seconds
Bronia
Posted by Graham Goddard on August 4, 2010 at 6:50 AM
Clean and simple, good BG and nice comp Karen - like it :toast:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on August 4, 2010 at 6:54 AM
Now that's a real cracker Karen, with superb sharpness, detail, composition and background. As Matt said - flawless. Very well done :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on August 4, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Hi a very very nice image.

Phil.

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Posted by Craig Jones on August 4, 2010 at 8:10 AM
All year I have been after Kingfishers,had a site but did'nt work out so everytime I see a Kingfisher image on UKNP it reminds me of my lack of images of these amazing birds,I have found a site in the last two days though so maybe.In the meantime this is one of your best KF images to date because of the strong composition,the space,the BG and the amazing detail, well done Karen :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Andrew Mason on August 4, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Karen, another excellent Kingfisher shot. I emphasis with Craig's situation having also spent three weeks earlier this year on Kingfishers with little to show.
Posted by Lee Newman on August 4, 2010 at 11:35 AM
A fantastic KF image, superb pose, details, with a nice clean BG & perfect perch

Lee
Posted by Barry Southon on August 4, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Karen

An absolute stunner congratulations.
:wink:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 4, 2010 at 1:56 PM

Superb Karen, agree with Matt, flawless indeed :toast:

Andy...
Posted by Andy Gregory on August 4, 2010 at 2:09 PM
A beautiful image Karen, great comp. and fully detailed plumage, brilliant. :toast: :jump:
Posted by Marcel van Duinhov on August 4, 2010 at 2:46 PM
He is very beautfful, scharpness and background are fantastic.
Posted by Phil Mclean on August 4, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Flawless is most definitely the right word for this one Karen.
Do you have your own hide set up or is this from a public hide?Either way it doesn't detract from a cracking portrait.

Phil. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on August 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Excellent portrait Karen. Pin sharp, well composed and nicely processed too.

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Posted by Ian Haskell on August 4, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Can't fault it with excellent detail.

Ian
Posted by David Taylor on August 4, 2010 at 5:14 PM
I don't know why I missed this, but better late than never. :biggrin: :wink: Beautiful image.

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Posted by eric weight on August 5, 2010 at 2:02 AM
That's beautiful Karen. the pale background colours are wonderful and give a very different feel to this iamge from what we usually see.
:wavey: :toast: eric
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on August 5, 2010 at 2:56 AM
Beautiful image, Karen. Great detail and a lovely pose. :smile:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on August 5, 2010 at 4:43 AM
You don't need me to tell you that this is a cracking shot, Karen, but it is, so I will. Lovely feel to it.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Karen Summers on August 6, 2010 at 12:41 PM
thanks everyone and Phil this one was from a very quiet hide.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 9, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Stunning shot Karen!
Love it!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Keith Bannister on August 22, 2010 at 4:10 PM
one of the best kingfisher shots i've ever seen.

KBan