Kingfisher ( all of it, for a change ! )

What a great day for a change, cracking weather and good company. Four like minded blokes all wanting to fire a few shots off, it worked like clockwork, just by watching one anothers body language or lens direction you could tell where she was, a few hand signals or the odd whistle indicating she coming your way so "get ready" or she`s gone in the opposite direction have a coffee. None of us had ever met 2 weeks ago, bloody good this hobby.

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Very nice shot .I am no expert but this is spot on
Blurred the background nicely and the subject is sharp .
I would have loved to have got this shot.
Regards Phill

Stunning shot Carlton.

I almost went down to the pools today but to much work to do.

She certainly is a beauty and you captured her spot on. Great pose and detail.

The colors and composure are great!!!!

Like a painting. A superb shot.

Pure art Carlton. This variety of KF sure is a compact bird. Beautiful work.

NH

Fantastic!!!!!

Cheers for the comments guys, much appreciated.
Two shots out of 53....29 too far away......22 cr@p light / pose, that works out at less than 4 % keepers............Wha​ts this Velvia thingymebob stuff people are raving about ?

Wow..these are stunning. Sharp with beautiful BG and great poses.

Very very nice Carelton. these guys don't look anywhere near as topheavy as our kingfishers, ours are like the Charlie Browns of the bird world.

Wonderful shots Carlton. It is nice to be out with other people. It happens very seldom here.

Vibrant colours...nice perch...tack sharp focus. Well done.

Lovely shot, Carlton! Loving the comp on the second one

Real beauties, you did very well with these....steve

Great captures. MY favorite bird to try to photo here in Arabia, but so difficult to catch sitting, here they normally fly past down low near to the water, sooo fast and then disappear into the magroves.
So well done