Kingfisher emerging from river

I have been working on Kingfishers at two sites on and off for several months. At long last, I managed this morning to get one shot of a Kingfisher emerging from the river after attempting to fish. I have discovered that the wireless remote I have been using has an inherent delay that has been preventing the capture of the initial dive. This remote has now been replaced by a nikon extension cable that fits onto a cable release whcih should hopefully now do the trick.

Nikon D3s with Nikon 70-200 lens at 135mm.
1/8000, F4 at ISO 2000.
PP in LR3. Full Frame.

Thanks for looking.

very well caught I know how difficult this is I have managed the dive shots now I have to get the emerging shot, lovely image

Excellent capture Andrew, check out Mark Hancox's website for some awesome Kingfisher dive shots.

Andy...

Superb shot,well worth the effort

A difficult capture showing great timing. Well done.

Hi Andrew
Great attempt of a very difficult shot I would prefer if it wasn't so big in the frame and a lighter background.
I presume you are using a bucket with fish in it?

still a great shot.

Dale

Hi Andrew.
Little nits covered on this very nice image.

Keith.

Superb stuff Andrew., I can't get one on a stick so hats off to you.

Cheers

Austin

Very well done to have captured this, they are fast little buggers!!

Thanks for the comments.

Amazing shot whit great timing, i love these birds.

Nice capture.

Ian

Cracking image, love the water splashes.

Love the dark background on this - really shows off the bird.

My "emerging" shots of a kingfisher were taken from a hide above the action, so only have water as the backdrop. I need to add some diving shots to my collection.