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<\/p>\nI’m glad I have this habit of going back and reviewing images taken one year ago “today”.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/7.1, 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 photographed this female Belted Kingfisher at a local pond exactly a year ago, on March 12, 2017. I didn’t post this photo back then because my first impulse was to dislike the twig seeming to come out of the back of the bird’s head. How silly of me. On review I’ve decided that I love the sweeping curve of the perch that wouldn’t be complete without that part of the twig. In fact\u00a0I now\u00a0like the photo as\u00a0it is\u00a0better than I would if the twig were shorter and didn’t emerge from the back of her head.<\/p>\n In the interest of full disclosure I’ve cloned out two small and out of focus\u00a0flying insects from this photo\u00a0that looked\u00a0almost like dust spots. If the bugs had been sharp I’d probably have left them in the image.<\/p>\n I have to be careful not to become blas\u00e9 about my kingfisher photos. Until relatively recently\u00a0Belted Kingfishers were one of my two primary nemesis species (the other one\u00a0was the Golden Eagle) but since then I’ve been able to get many quality images of them.<\/p>\n Two years ago I’d have given my shutter finger for a kingfisher shot like this.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two years ago I’d have given my shutter finger for a shot like this.<\/p>\n