{"id":125030,"date":"2022-12-05T04:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=125030"},"modified":"2022-12-05T04:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:04:03","slug":"diving-belted-kingfisher-series-plus-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/05\/diving-belted-kingfisher-series-plus-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving Belted Kingfisher Series (plus 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether the bird is perched or in flight, it’s unusual for me to like a kingfisher photo more for its aesthetics than for its action and\/or behavior. But that’s the case with this first image.<\/p>\n

And yes, I’m still working on the male kingfisher I’ve been photographing lately. We’re in a stormy weather pattern and he’s about the only ‘reliable’ and interesting bird I’m aware of that I don’t have to drive far on potentially snowy and slick roads to photograph.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He has two favorite fishing perches and one of them provides virtually no opportunities for decent photos. But yesterday, after a war of patience and wills between the two of us, he finally landed on this more promising perch to try his luck.<\/p>\n

This is the first photo I got when he dived on a fish. Despite the less-than-optimal light and nearly white sky in the background I like the photo a lot for its aesthetics, in part because it reminds me a little of Oriental art (but what do I know about art, especially Oriental art?).<\/p>\n

At first his dive wasn’t very steep. But the instant his right wing cleared the branch on his right…<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

the steepness of his dive increased quickly and dramatically. I chose to crop this image to include the perch he just left.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, canvas added for composition, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I got one more shot before he exited the frame. His flight posture is very similar to that in the previous photo.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 400, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

As an afterthought I decided to include this photo of the same male kingfisher taken the day before. I seem to have a knack for catching him in the same flight posture but this background certainly is… different.<\/p>\n

“Different” isn’t necessarily a good thing but at least I was closer to him so the bird has better detail.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Whether the bird is perched or in flight, it’s unusual for me to like a kingfisher photo more for its aesthetics than for its action and\/or behavior. But that’s the case with this first image. (4 photos)<\/p>\n

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