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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: elsa hoffmann on July 22, 2016, 21:05:56
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I have 3 of these playing around in my front garden every day. A bit hard as I am mostly shooting into the direction of the sun at the best of times.
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Lovely focus, definition and above all, lovely sense of flowing movement Elsa.
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Beautiful action !
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splendid
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Great image!
Beautiful kingfisher.
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Nice shot Elsa!
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Very dynamic!
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Nice catch, Elsa. Do you know the type of bird? Doesn't appear to be something we see around here.
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Your garden birds are lukcy to have portraying them :) Very nice Elsa!
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Elsa,
The kingfisher image was very interesting for about 12 minutes, then it started getting even better. It is actually enthralling, I checked my dictionary.
Sam
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Dynamic!
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I love you Elsa.
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Oh Elsa....
10.0 - 10.0 - 10.0 - 10.0 - 10.0
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Thank you guys for such great comments and compliments!
Photographed with the D800 & Nikon 200-500 f5.6
The pied kingfisher is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Its black and white plumage, crest and the habit of hovering over clear lakes and rivers before diving for fish makes it distinctive. (wiki)
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WOW! Kingfishers in your front garden, I want one.
Stunning images with a sense of motion rarely captured.
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if kingfishers are the same in your part of the world as mine.. they are a very difficult shot.. fast movers and quite erratic at times.. hence quite challenging shots..
good work on catching these guys.. really like that feeling of speed in #1
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Awesome shots and what a beautiful bokeh!
I really love #2.
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Thank you peoples.
Yes it is a challenge to get that damn thing in any pose but sitting (which I am bored with by now) as you can hardly get the speed up high enough without excessive noise at times. But I keep trying. I am sure I can improve!
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Elsa:
Very well captured. Kingfishers are one of my nemesis birds, as they won't allow you to approach them in my area, you have to shoot from a blind(hide). Strong sense of motion, and exposure well handled with the strong backlighting.
Did you prefocus on the area you expected it to fly through, or just track him from the perch?
Cheers
Randy
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Very nice pictures 😎
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Thanks Randy for the comments. I can get about 4m from the bird when perching in my tree. I have very little space as I try and shoot with another tree in the background. They are quite used to activity here. I focussed on it and was lucky to get a shot off before he was out of the frame. I can get several shots of the bird just sitting - but that gets boring so I waited for it to move. Not so easy as it can sit for 20 min on the perch before moving. I was actually hoping to track it into the water to snap it while actually entering or exiting the water - but that seldom happens. I was a bit optimistic as the D800 is slow in these situations.
Thank you Mr Floyd :)
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You can get within 4m of the Kingfisher????
Now I'm really jealous!
Maybe if you sat next to a small pile of fish, you could get them to fly right up to you...... ;)
Seriously though, these are beautiful creatures and this is a wonderful opportunity - great results Elsa
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Thanks Colin - I live in a very bird rich area - and the Cape as a whole is very bird - rich :)
I sometimes photograph birds while sitting on standing in my lounge :)
view from my lounge (cell phone pics)
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Terrific images Elsa
which function of the camera is slow? continous high rate?
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Terrific images Elsa
which function of the camera is slow? continous high rate?
yes, frame rate is slow, lens is not the fastest and I AM SLOW - I do realise my reactions are not nearly as fast as I would like it
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I used to think my 70-300 was mediocre for shooting birds until I used AF-C D51, then af becomes like magic
Swinging that 200-500 at small bird just a few meters away shouldn't be easy for anyone
your results are fantastic, and you have a bunch of jealous guys following your thread
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Very impressive!!!
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Thanks Armando and Fred.
Armando - ye lifting the lens is one thing - but you know - my problem comes in with pressing the button. I hesitate for some reason. I wont make a good (gun) shooter - the blooming PERP would be gone by the time I fire a shot. I am trying to work on it :)
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That first one is magnificent Elsa!
Now it's time to bolt one of those speedlights you hate so much to the top of your rig. That should solve most of the issues related to shooting into the sun...
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That first one is magnificent Elsa!
Now it's time to bolt one of those speedlights you hate so much to the top of your rig. That should solve most of the issues related to shooting into the sun...
Okey - we both know I have learned a lot from you - and I never take what you say lightly.
but
FORGET! ;D ;D
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Elsa, you give many "real" birders a run for their money. This is one stunning shot.
Also, it must hurt you very much to live where you live :D :D :D
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haha thank you.
I live in a holiday resort I think :)
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Elsa, great image. It is the BG that does it for me. I also like the fact that you were able to capture the browns, normally the whites make it difficult to see the brown. I tried for years to catch the entire hoover, dive , strike and departure with/without fish, with a long lens. Finally dropped the focal length and shoot high speed on the D3S. Gave up the detail for the bird's behaviour :) . Had to do the same thing for Paradise Flycatchers flitting out of bushes for bugs.
Thanks for sharing
Tom
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Thank you Tom. I must admit that all the comments made me even more determined to keep shooting that darn thing.
Thanks also for noticing the browns - it was something I immediately picked up on too.
Soooo when are you buying a D5 ;D ;D
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Thank you Tom. I must admit that all the comments made me even more determined to keep shooting that darn thing.
It gets addictive............
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It gets addictive............
yup - a hobby turned into a habit :)