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<\/p>\nBeats the heck out of a mass of twigs or plain old sky back there.<\/p>\n
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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 640, 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 These are older photos of a male Belted Kingfisher that was fishing a pond near my home in mid-October. While he was perched he wasn’t close enough for detailed photos so my goal was to get him as he was diving after a fish (with his wings out he’d fill more of the frame). The close background was clean with beautiful fall colors in the far background so I thought a diving shot might be interesting, even though it was unlikely that I’d be able to see his face.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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 was a little slow on the trigger when he eventually took off after a fish so he was close to the bottom of the frame. But with this kind of action shot I think the composition still works because it shows the branch he took off from. Besides, if I’d been quicker I wouldn’t have captured a flight posture that I’d have liked nearly as much as I like this one.<\/p>\n So I’ll take it and be happy with what I got. And even though it’s an ‘imperfection’ in the bird I like seeing the broken secondary feather on his left wing.<\/p>\n I have kingfisher diving photos that are better technically than this one but few, if any, that are as colorful.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beats the heck out of a mass of twigs or plain old sky back there.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/belted-kingfisher-2632-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"belted-kingfisher-2632-ron-dudley\\"")
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