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Old 08-10-2019, 02:59 AM
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Here is a pic of one of our more spectacular kingfishers - a Malachite Kingfisher.

A little bird, it is really the size of a pigmy kingfisher - only around 14 cm (about 5 inches) high. Despite its size, it does catch quite big fish.

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Old 08-10-2019, 09:00 AM
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Magnificent bird and a magnificent image!

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Old 08-10-2019, 09:38 AM
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Thank you - one of my favourites, but unfortunately, I do not see them often enough!
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Wow. that is a technicolor version of the ones we have around here. One of my favorite moments from this season's fishing was looking up to see a kingfisher splash onto the water just below where I was fishing and come up with a nice little trout for its lunch.

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Pretty both bird and pic, good shot Kevin, such a colorful kingfisher up close, Fuertes did a pretty painting of this bird in the 20's of my favorites
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Old 08-12-2019, 06:52 AM
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Glen and Curt - thank you.

Found the Fuertes picture - very nice.

Glen - have you tried photographing birds in flight yet? And is so with what results?

Here is a pic from my last bush trip, of two Egyptian Geese in flight. These birds mate for life and stay together, managing their areas where they live together. A very successful bird, though in some areas they have gone from common to very rare - Mocambique being an example.

They have also been introduced into the UK and the Netherlands.

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Lovely, graceful birds.

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Thanks for your help Kevin using this camera, I have tried to take a few shots, but not alot of luck it seems the best opportunities have not been while carrying it!
I did get circled for some time by a dark phase Redtail hawk, but was because I was too close to her nest, despite the poor light it is a cool action pic..
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Being buzzed by a grackle(?) I see.
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Old 08-13-2019, 03:13 AM
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Glen - that is actually an excellent picture! Well done...

My suggestion is to crop it slightly and adjust the contrast so that you blacken it up. This is the opposite of adjusting it to lighten up - which you will not be able to do too successfully. Glen PM me your e-mail and I will show you what I mean.

I see you took it @ 1/2000 - does the camera go faster?

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I have tried to take a few shots, but not a lot of luck

Getting a decent shot of a bird in flight is hard work! You are going to take stacks before you get a decent shot and the camera is never to hand when you want it!

You are using the "TV" setting. Put the shutter speed on max if it not already. Then look at the camera settings markings on the body and see if there is one like 3 sheets of paper. This is for continuous shooting. There are often two options - Continuous and Continuous with Autofocus. Try both on a road (freeway) with cars going doing down it. A short press of the finger will just take one shot in these modes.

My suggestion is to start with the Continuous. Then dial the camera back to the setting you normally use for other pics. When you see a bird in flight (or a plane) dial to TV and you are all set.

The tendency is too often to over zoom. Zoom back a little.

The other trick is to keep both eyes open - if the bird is small you will soon find you can track with your left eye so as to be able to bring the camera viewfinder onto the bird. And use the viewfinder - not the screen, when tracking birds.

Lastly, create the opportunities for the bird in flight pictures. Look and see where birds are flying, then set up and sit tight and wait. That's what I did with a shot of the geese above - I noticed when they took off they took a specific route each time. So I parked off and waited. That shot was the only decent one out of many I took!
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