I know! A few more of the Kingfisher.

Martyarty · 25 Mar 2011

A few more shots from yesterday.

No 1 was taken a fraction of a second after the shot I posted yesterday in which the bird had blinked, giving its eye a dull appearence. The other is just for luck.

1.

2.

Thanks for looking.

Marty

lawrenceots · 25 Mar 2011

Gorgeous bird, and great photos. I like number 1 most. What I wouldn't give to have a photo like this of such a lovely bird!

NailedMains · 25 Mar 2011

stunning & lovely colour shots of a very shy little bird indeed! what set up did you use for these if you dont mind me asking?? very sharp too!

lammie · 25 Mar 2011

Nice shots Martyn, she's looking in good condition.

SLRUser · 25 Mar 2011

Cracking shots again

SpikeK6 · 25 Mar 2011

These are stunning, no 1 for me lobe the lighting
Sure they are not stuffed and sitting in your studio ha ha only joking

spike

u8myufo · 25 Mar 2011

Two lovely detailed shots Martin

DOTTYROSS · 25 Mar 2011

Will never get bored with shots like these Martin. Great colours.

Regards: Gordon

lost · 25 Mar 2011

2 excellent images

Regards

Richard

artyman · 25 Mar 2011

Great couple of shots

Peter_Hartland · 25 Mar 2011

Stunning images Martin. Would love to capture this images of a kingfisher let a lone that quality

Martyarty · 26 Mar 2011

NailedMains said:
stunning & lovely colour shots of a very shy little bird indeed! what set up did you use for these if you dont mind me asking?? very sharp too!

Thanks. I took these from a bag hide, laying on the floor. My camera was on my camera bag and I used a cable release.

SpikeK6 said:
These are stunning, no 1 for me lobe the lighting
Sure they are not stuffed and sitting in your studio ha ha only joking
spike

Oh no! my secret is out. Thanks

lammie said:
Nice shots Martyn, she's looking in good condition.

Thanks Lammie. The male is stuffing her full of fish at the mo so she has plenty of time to preen herself.

Thanks all for your comments.

Neil B · 26 Mar 2011

Love the blue on the back in no1, my favorite pose, lovely pair of shots :clap:

Jonc · 27 Mar 2011

Lovely image quality

mark richards · 27 Mar 2011

cracking shots...mark.

BigBudgie · 27 Mar 2011

Excellent shots, have just been out taking the dog for a walk by the Thames and saw a kingfisher , first one for a while. Damn thing was sitting about 10 feet away from me and was still for ages. Light was brilliant. Guess what I didn't have with me !!!!!!!

D3S · 28 Mar 2011

They are superb. I dread to think of what a self-portrait of you would look like in order for you to be that close!

Martyarty · 29 Mar 2011

Neil B said:
Love the blue on the back in no1, my favorite pose, lovely pair of shots

Thanks Neil

Jonc said:
Lovely image quality

Thanks Jon.

mark richards said:
cracking shots...mark.

Thanks Mark

BigBudgie said:
Excellent shots, have just been out taking the dog for a walk by the Thames and saw a kingfisher , first one for a while. Damn thing was sitting about 10 feet away from me and was still for ages. Light was brilliant. Guess what I didn't have with me !!!!!!!

Thanks. Sods law

D3S said:
They are superb. I dread to think of what a self-portrait of you would look like in order for you to be that close!

Thanks, but what do you mean about the self-portrait bit? :thinking:

D3S · 29 Mar 2011

As in how much your set-up made you look like a pile of leaves/muck/whatever effective enough to get great shots like that!

slr10 · 1 Apr 2011

I never tire of seeing shots of kingfishers, especially of this quality, they are such stunning birds.
Jealous muchly!!

Kevin O'Brian · 1 Apr 2011

lawrenceots said:
Gorgeous bird, and great photos. I like number 1 most. What I wouldn't give to have a photo like this of such a lovely bird!

Plus 1

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Ben_dc2 · 2 Apr 2011

I am jealous.. I have never had the chance to shoot a kingfisher. Awesome bird. Great shots as well.

kaz10 · 3 Apr 2011

lovely detail in these Martin

fergie · 3 Apr 2011

Cracking shots, Marty.

Roy C · 3 Apr 2011

A couple of cracking close-ups Martin!

ringyneck · 3 Apr 2011

like No2 best as there's more detail in the throat patch.
No 1 is burnt out there.
It's so hard to get this AND the area around the eye but these are almost spot on.
keith

Martyarty · 3 Apr 2011

D3S said:
As in how much your set-up made you look like a pile of leaves/muck/whatever effective enough to get great shots like that!

Nothing to elaborate just a bag hide.

slr10 said:
I never tire of seeing shots of kingfishers, especially of this quality, they are such stunning birds.
Jealous muchly!!

Thanks

kevin obrian said:
Plus 1

Thanks

Ben_dc2 said:
I am jealous.. I have never had the chance to shoot a kingfisher. Awesome bird. Great shots as well.

Cheers Ben

kaz10 said:
lovely detail in these Martin

Thanks Kaz

Roy C said:
A couple of cracking close-ups Martin!

Thanks Roy

fergie said:
Cracking shots, Marty.

Thank m8.

ringyneck said:
like No2 best as there's more detail in the throat patch.
No 1 is burnt out there.
It's so hard to get this AND the area around the eye but these are almost spot on.
keith

Thanks Keith. This is always a problem with Kingies. I used -1EV on these shots and in bright sun its still hard to stop the blowout totally. Practice makes perfect.

crazylady · 3 Apr 2011

These are brilliant Martin!

do you mind sharing where you took them please?

thanks
Hazel

holty · 3 Apr 2011

do you need permit or permission to photo kingfishers ???

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