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Alcoholism + UPDATE

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 19, 2014 at 5:59 AM
Alcoholism + UPDATE
Alcoholism is an ever growing problem amongst Kingfishers.......Luckily mine have good taste..:)-

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

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Posted by Marko Trebušak on March 19, 2014 at 8:47 AM
Hi Jeroen,

Perfect match! I don't know the beer in case, so I can't comment on bird's taste :jump:. I would try some other support for the bottle, as I feel that white is a bit dominant. Or crop the bottom part away.

Cheers,
Marko
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 19, 2014 at 12:16 PM
love it!
Sandy
Posted by keith mitchell on March 19, 2014 at 1:18 PM
:toast: Jeroen ,do like a drop of the Kingfisher myself, bet they would like to buys this. Great bit of photography.

:toast: Keith.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on March 19, 2014 at 1:55 PM
Great shot Jeroen! You have a very well trained Kingfisher!

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Posted by Nick on March 19, 2014 at 2:09 PM
Jeroen,

:cool:, and hope you enjoyed :toast:ing the Kingfisher afterwards :biggrin: - or did you get the shot of them using the bottle opener... :eek:

Could I suggest that if you put this up on the web anywhere else, that you make sure your contact details/logo/website are inside the image itself so they're a bit harder to crop out/remove... it's the kind of image that you'll find popping up everywhere... without any credit to you :frown:

:wavey:
Posted by Jim Gavin on March 19, 2014 at 4:56 PM
If you remove the white platform and the darker one below it, you would have the kingfisher flying away with the Kingfisher. Another absolutely fine image.
Posted by Debbie Yarra on March 19, 2014 at 10:11 PM
Wonderful image! I agree with Gavin! Clone out the white platform and black support and then tilt the image slightly and it will look like the Kingfisher is flying away with the beer. Then get in touch with the beer company and I bet they will love it and want to use it for advertising. You've got a winner there! :smile: What I want to know is how the heck did you get him to land on it. Very cool :smile:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 26, 2014 at 5:36 PM
Had to try the image without the table underneath the bottle as suggested by Gavin... :toast: :jump:
Posted by keith mitchell on March 27, 2014 at 5:27 PM
Jeroen it gets better and better :jump:

:toast: Keith.
Posted by Tom Smit on March 31, 2014 at 12:15 PM
Wonderfull eand great job you get the bird on the (right) bottle.
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Posted by David Taylor on May 22, 2014 at 8:25 AM
Absolutely brilliant!!! What's next, a grouse carrying off a bottle of Scotch?😀😉

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