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For the last 6 months or so I have been looking for a decent place to take some pictures of a Kingfisher and I have to say it has become a little bit of an obsession to be honest. Anyway I finally found somewhere reasonably local and after reading their blog decided this was the place to get my photos.
I then began my quest.
This was the first try, as you can see even at 500mm on a crop it's not the most successful of pictures but at least I got to see the prey
My first Kingfisher ... 500mm by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
My second sighting was a few weeks later, a blue blur as it flew right past me.
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
This weekend was my third sighting ... and I have to say when it perched down right in front of me I nearly forgot how to use a camera, years of experimenting, testing and learning the controls totally went out of the window and I just took picture after picture hoping one or two would come out ok.
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
So I finally got there .... now to try and get some in decent light.
I then began my quest.
This was the first try, as you can see even at 500mm on a crop it's not the most successful of pictures but at least I got to see the prey
My first Kingfisher ... 500mm by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
My second sighting was a few weeks later, a blue blur as it flew right past me.
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
This weekend was my third sighting ... and I have to say when it perched down right in front of me I nearly forgot how to use a camera, years of experimenting, testing and learning the controls totally went out of the window and I just took picture after picture hoping one or two would come out ok.
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
So I finally got there .... now to try and get some in decent light.
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