Another Kingfisher morning

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Went again to the neighborhood lake this morning to try for the kingfisher. I’m lucky that there are two bushes on shore with enough room in between for a shooting lane. I sat in a field stool about 60 feet from the bird and I don’t think he ever knew I was there.

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Canon R7, 200-800mm@800, tripod
ISO 6400, f10, 1/500s or 1/640s

Processed in DXO PureRaw 4 and Photoshop.

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Another great trio of kingfisher images, Allen. I really like the last one with the grooming pose. At 60 feet these are amazing. How much cropping did you end up having to do on these?

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Hi Dennis and thanks!
Very little cropping. The bird is quite large in the original frame. 800mm x 1.6 crop factor = 1280 full frame equivalent.

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Forgot you were using a crop factor camera on this, Allen.

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You really get some amazing Kingfisher shots, Allen. Excellent poses and detail and a pleasing background.

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Oh!! Holy Wow! These are great. The bird has given you such lovely poses in all three images. Colours are terrific. (Not that I know what this kingfishers colours are.) Wondrful background and a neat little perch.

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These guys are so hard to catch, and this is a splendid set. Well done!