{"id":103424,"date":"2021-10-17T03:57:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T09:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=103424"},"modified":"2021-10-17T05:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:02:43","slug":"female-belted-kingfisher-cooperating-and-then-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/17\/female-belted-kingfisher-cooperating-and-then-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Belted Kingfisher – Cooperating And Then Not"},"content":{"rendered":"

The agony and the ecstasy of kingfisher photography.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve seen and even photographed kingfishers in this area of Farmington before but they’ve always been a little too far away for quality photos. But two days ago this female unexpectedly flew in and landed on a much closer fishing perch for long enough for me to get quite a few photos of her. Given my ongoing photo gear problems many of my shots of her were a little too soft but I think this one looks pretty good.<\/p>\n

Typical of me, especially with kingfishers, one of my goals was takeoff and flight shots but each time she took off from this perch and others she either took off away from me or she was shrouded in twigs and branches.<\/p>\n

Except for one time. Near the end of my time with her I did catch her in flight with a flight posture I like with no obstructions in front of her. I even had a catch light in her eye and she was sharp.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

But she was nearly 100 yards away when it happened.<\/p>\n

Figures.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: This didn’t end the story of my frustration with her. Perhaps 15 minutes later, after I had driven away to another area about a quarter mile away from where she had been fishing, she appeared from out of nowhere and flew very close to my pickup in good light. But she was flying fast so of course I didn’t have time to raise my lens and get her in my viewfinder, much less get her in focus.<\/em><\/p>\n

She was rubbing salt in my wounds, I have no doubt.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The agony and the ecstasy of kingfisher photography.<\/p>\n

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