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Glenn.B
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 05:06
This is my first attempt to post a picture,

This was taken at Slimbridge WWT. Light was not great and the small bird was very fast. picture cropped.

Details: 20d
500mm lens + 1.4 tc
iso 1600
f5.6
1/1250
Alnath
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 06:10
Stunning.

2 flew past me yesterday but with a turned off G6 i guess i didnt have much chance LOL
psk4363
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 07:14
You captured it well. Your choice of shutter speed hasn't frozen the movement completely and the result is detail where it's important, on the head, and blurring on the wings to depict the movement. It's compositionally sound as well.

Barry
quadphoto
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 07:53
Not easy to capture, well done a very good image.
Quadphoto
Alan B
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 08:56
Thanks for posting the pic :cool: .

Cracking capture :D
ssim
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 09:02
Great catch. Timing is everything.
Mills
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 09:31
Great Catch. The wings look very cool.
tupe
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 16:57
That's a keeper! Nice!
sparker1
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 21:02
Nice capture. You did well.
TammieO
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 22:15
Pretty bird. I like the way the wings turned out. Good job!
goldstrikn
30th of March 2005 (Wed), 23:06
Glenn,

All I can say is WOW!!
DC
31st of March 2005 (Thu), 06:56
Not easy from that hide. They are so far away. I struggle with my 500 and 2x to get anything decent. Congrats to you.
RbrtPtikLeoSeny
20th of April 2005 (Wed), 22:44
Great job! Great lens! Great photo. Love it.
herderdog
21st of April 2005 (Thu), 07:52
Yes, I agree, nice catch!
I had a chance at my first Kingfisher the other day. They are really fast!! Not easy to get at all.
I did not have the extender on the 100-400L--so all I got was a fuzzy picture of the bird on a piling too far away--same when he flew.
Enjoyed your picture.
PhotosGuy
21st of April 2005 (Thu), 08:15
Looks good. Now do it again! ;-)
cmM
21st of April 2005 (Thu), 08:25
wow, that is way cool
CyberDyneSystems
21st of April 2005 (Thu), 09:05
Amazing.. I never have any luck with these guys,. and even if I did the local Kingfisher is not nearly so stunning as yours.

Absolutely beautifull image!
loebas
21st of April 2005 (Thu), 14:12
According to me a rare and nice photo.
Most of the time you see a photo of a kingfisher on a tree.
Finally a photo that makes a difference !
Well done
Glenn.B
21st of April 2005 (Thu), 14:21
Well what can i say, but a big thank you all very much for your kind words. i will try and see if any of the other pic's i took of the kingfisher at the time will be postable.

Glenn.