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<\/p>\nI know I’ve been posting a lot of kingfisher photos lately but as I’ve said in the past I can only post what I shoot.<\/p>\n
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1\/5000, 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 This is our old friend, the male Belted Kingfisher I’ve photographed several times in the mountains recently. Here I caught him in full flight not long after he left his perch to dive on a fish five days ago.<\/p>\n I was happy to get him as sharp as I did and I like the position of his right wing, his partially open bill and the light on the bird. The background’s busy but it’s far enough behind the bird and soft enough that I think it provides a welcome glimpse of typical habitat more than it distracts from the bird.<\/p>\n My biggest gripe about the image is the squarish composition. I’m not a fan of square crops but in this instance I didn’t have enough room on the left side of the frame to crop it any other way and still have the bird in an acceptable position in the frame.<\/p>\n But I can live with it.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I know I’ve been posting a lot of kingfisher photos lately but as I’ve said in the past I can only post what I shoot.<\/p>\n