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No fish up there mate !

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Posted by John Robinson on May 3, 2012 at 7:09 AM
No fish up there mate !
Kingfisher
A little concerned by a passing Chinook !( Aren't we all ! )
D200
Sigma 100-300
500 ISO 250th @ f9
Crop from horizontal.
Levels Paint shop pro
Highlight in back taken out.
Not at nest site.
Thanks for recent comments on my posts.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Craig Jones on May 3, 2012 at 7:51 AM
Super pose captured John love this such a striking and powerful image :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Bob Johnson on May 3, 2012 at 7:54 AM
The smartest KF that I have seen on NPN that did not have a fish in its beak :wink:

Bob :smile: :smile:
Posted by John MacTavish on May 3, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Now that's a boas image to be proud of
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Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 3, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Spot on JR. :toast:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 3, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Cracking image of a kingie JR. Not so keen on the pruned perch though, maybe paint out the end a little to mask it?

Nick. :smile: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on May 3, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Agree re the branch, but other than that, a fine image John :wavey: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on May 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Thanks all. Funny in all the times I have looked at this pic I never noticed it ! I didn't prune it either - I found it .like that in a pile of rubbish ! :biggrin: :biggrin:
I will obscure it forthwith :smile: :smile:
JR
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on May 3, 2012 at 3:57 PM
Cracker John! :toast: :toast:


Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Phil Ellard on May 3, 2012 at 4:49 PM
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Posted by David Taylor on May 3, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Reminds me of a pottery kingfisher my mother-in-law used to have until she broke its beak off. :eek: :rolleyes:

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Posted by John Robinson on May 3, 2012 at 5:57 PM
No David - this is the one Mother in Law broke !! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Cold Winter that year too!!
Posted by PhilH on May 4, 2012 at 2:55 AM
LoL... agree on the perch, but the pose on the first is great... I'm sure Fran told me that one the wildlife rescue places has a KF that flew into a widow and broke its beak....

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Posted by David Sewell on May 4, 2012 at 6:27 AM
The second one really made me chuckle. The perch on the first one does not worry me, it does not look as though it were done recently and certainly does not detract from a fine shot.

David
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 4, 2012 at 10:56 AM
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: Second post is a corker JR.....thank you very, very much for that!!

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on May 4, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Brilliant!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :eek: :wink:

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Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 4, 2012 at 7:06 PM
Both great John .. really dynamic pose on the first one and quite different to the norm as well :toast:

Dave
Posted by Paul Rosser on May 7, 2012 at 4:09 AM
Striking John, really Striking!!!!! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Regards,
Paul :wavey: