3 X Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis ) # 4 on the way

Gallery: AvianPosted September 9, 20083,065 views18 comments

NIKON D300 300mm f2.8 +TC1.4
400iso 1/350 @ f6.7
from hide This was taken a couple of days after the first shot.
They are screaming at a 4th bird about to land.cropped 20%
Thanks for the comments

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on September 9, 2008 at 4:42 AM

Great image, Avi. Very clean and sharp exposure. I love the poses and complimentary BG

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Comment posted by Stephen on September 9, 2008 at 6:52 AM

Wow. Very nice. You caught some spectacular action!

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Comment posted by Philip Haffley on September 9, 2008 at 9:51 AM

Very good.

Registered on August 10, 2008, 265 Posts, 317 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on September 9, 2008 at 11:59 AM

Nice action, and I love the colors in the bg. impressive getting 3 kf at once.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Sanchez on September 9, 2008 at 1:47 PM

Great action shot, Avi. Reminds me of an Audubon painting.

Ray Sanchez
Corpus Christi., Tx.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on September 9, 2008 at 3:20 PM

Tooo Coool!
Put a smile on my face!!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 9, 2008 at 6:38 PM

Great timing Avi - I love the varying poses and the birds attention all focused in the same direction.

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Comment posted by David Sparks on September 9, 2008 at 7:09 PM

Avi:
I see a progression here. The next post will be four, correct?
This is an amazing shot.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on September 9, 2008 at 7:44 PM

Action plus and all in focus too!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 9, 2008 at 11:34 PM

I like the excitement shown in their body posture, excellent photo.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 10, 2008 at 1:30 AM

Wow, that's an amazing shot Avi to get all three calling like that.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 10, 2008 at 6:43 AM

Exceptional shot Avi, I like every thing about it!

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 10, 2008 at 12:45 PM

Now that's a lot of action. Very well done.
May

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Comment posted by Bradley Esau on September 10, 2008 at 6:51 PM

Amazing image, Avi.

Registered on December 10, 2007, 30 Posts, 558 Comments

Comment posted by Satie Sharma on September 12, 2008 at 1:46 AM

Great action shot, Avi.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on September 16, 2008 at 11:55 PM

Man, this is just so excellent

Congratulations, Avi!

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 17, 2008 at 11:03 AM

A wonderful image, I love the diagonal setting and composition - just flowing from top to bottom.
Cheers !
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on September 18, 2008 at 7:42 PM

Oh my! I missed this one, glad it got the EP (well deserved) so I could see it. Wonderful shot Avi

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