There is a little reserve down the road where kingfishers are evident - I had been going down quite a bit in the hopes of the Kingfisher landing on a perch right close to the hide.
I sat for 2 hours with pretty much nothing there other than this mallard.
Finally I saw a little egret fly nearby into a river outside of the reserve, so I hopped out of the hide and over to the river in the hopes of getting a shot of it.
It actually ended up flying back to where the hide is - so I ran back, happy with my good fortune!
It was well close to the hide, so I got some decent photos!
Luckily, while I was there the kingfisher turned up, and was very tame - coming extremely close, even landing for minutes at a time on the perch I wanted it to!
This one (below) is uncropped with a 400mm lens (+1.6x crop sensor)!
It finally got chased off when the female came back, but I went home happy!
Thanks for looking!
Regards
Benji
although there all very good photos of the kingfisher on your cropped sensor the uncropped one of the kingfisher on your cropped sensor camara is exspecialy very good
A lovely and clear set of photos Benji,particularly the kingie, well done and thank you for sharing, a pleasure to see.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Cin J
Oh wow Benji, those Kingie pictures are just fabulous, others as well but Kingie standsout.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
As the others have said, excellent photos of the Kingfisher. All great, but the first & last Kingies are my faves. Just my opinion. Well captured ...