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[Click]

Thank you for your kind words, Eric.

 

[becceric]

I really love kingfishers.
FWIW and to give you a laugh
I (less) proudly present my first picture ever of a Eurasian kingfisher (alcedo atthis)
I promise I'll to try to do better in the future.

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Is this Kingfisher’s name Waldo?

 

[ISv]

No, I didn't. But I agree with you, it is indeed a Caspian tern. Thanks for your input, I appreciate it very much. I will change the name at the top of the picture.

Thank you so much, ISv

Always!
Just wonder if it's not over the top!

Even worse, there is a really ugly photo supposedly of me in a local paper - and it is of someone else.

I think I got it!
But what about a photo that looks great and it's still not you?!

 

[Click]

Mallard

 

[AlanF]

I really love kingfishers.
FWIW and to give you a laugh
I (less) proudly present my first picture ever of a Eurasian kingfisher (alcedo atthis)
I promise I'll to try to do better in the future.

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My favourite bird for photographing is the Eurasian Kingfisher. I think it is the most beautiful of the kingfishers, and it is a magnet for bird photographers in the UK. Anyway, you have inspired me to go back over my old photos and rework them with modern software, and it's amazing how much you can improve. I'll start with ones in flight (even though this is not the BIF thread). Here are the ones I took with the 5DIII and 300mm f/2.8 II + 1.4xTC, before I used RAW, and I sharpened them with Topaz AI. The first three are of the bird emerging from a dive. The fourth is the next dive. All 100% crops.

 

[Click]

Great shots, Alan. Especially the last one. WOW!

 

[AlanF]

Great shots, Alan. Especially the last one. WOW!

Thanks Click. The old 22.3 mpx 5DIII with that f/4 lens certainly delivered the goods. The R3 should do OK at 24 mpx!

 

[usern4cr]

My favourite bird for photographing is the Eurasian Kingfisher. I think it is the most beautiful of the kingfishers, and it is a magnet for bird photographers in the UK. Anyway, you have inspired me to go back over my old photos and rework them with modern software, and it's amazing how much you can improve. I'll start with ones in flight (even though this is not the BIF thread). Here are the ones I took with the 5DIII and 300mm f/2.8 II + 1.4xTC, before I used RAW, and I sharpened them with Topaz AI. The first three are of the bird emerging from a dive. The fourth is the next dive. All 100% crops.View attachment 200118View attachment 200119View attachment 200120View attachment 200121

I agree - that last shot is breathtaking!

 

[AlanF]

I agree - that last shot is breathtaking!

Thanks John

 

[canonmike]

I agree - that last shot is breathtaking!

I concur, as well. Such a nice shot.

 

[Maximilian]

... you have inspired me to go back over my old photos ...

And your photos are inspiring and wonderful.
I hope, one day I can get close enough to get something worth calling a "portrait".

 

[AlanF]

A Vampire Great Tit. A mutant Great Tit with a malformed beak this afternoon (R5/1000mm). It's a young bird as I saw it last month with juvenile colouring.

 

[Click]

Poor little guy. Nice shot, Alan.

 

[ERHP]

One of the Yellow Crowned Night Herons just after grabbing a fresh crab hors d'oeuvres for sunset.

R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/320 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, ERHP. I really like the low-angle shot.

 

[ERHP]

Very nice shot, ERHP. I really like the low-angle shot.

Thanks Click!

 

[EricN]

Three species group portrait

 

[Click]

Nice series, Eric.

 

[AlanF]

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Nice varied selection. Well done!

 

[EricN]

Thanks guys!