Belted Kingfisher

Gallery: AvianPosted October 16, 2016182 views6 comments

This was a totally unexpected find. While I almost always hear Kingfishers along the wooded canals at Ridgefield, this one was stationed on one of the canals that has just a single small group of trees with probably 1/2 mile of treeless canal on either side. One of the trees came down about a year ago and sticks out over the canal. Apparently this lady finds it worthwhile to visit from her normal haunts.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, beanbag on car window, f/7.1, 1/320, iso 1000, manual exposure. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 9.1 MP before resizing. Taken at 9:02 AM on October 10th under lifting fog.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

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Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 16, 2016 at 3:10 PM

Gorgeous. One of my goals in life.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 16, 2016 at 3:36 PM

Unexpected pleasures are usually the best ! Nice shot, Dennis ! Cheers, hans

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on October 16, 2016 at 4:36 PM

Nice, Dennis. I've never been able to get close enough to a Kingfisher to get anything like this.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 16, 2016 at 4:38 PM

A famously difficult species to approach. Nicely captured and good techs. Maybe just a tiny bit of brightening?

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 17, 2016 at 10:34 AM

Great job on a tough bird to photograph. I like the pose with the slight head turn; good detail and background.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 18, 2016 at 1:16 PM

A very nice look at this Belted Kingfisher Dennis. Very nice pose and head turn. Wonderful sharpness. It would be nice to lighten up the head a little. Background is very good.

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