European Kingfisher ( F )

Andreas Liedmann · Jan 21, 2023

Digital Photo Professional

Hi folks ... the lady was succesful as you can see , i needed time to get used to her behavior ... if she is going to fish or not and if she come back with the fish .
So it was a lot of excitement involved on my side , plus the lady decided to pose slightly angled away from me most of the times . Sometimes she gave a gorgeous headturn ... to counteract her " bad posing " :bg3:. I am for sure going back , hopefully with better light and i do ask the owner to prepare the perch a bit different .

Canon EOS R3
EF 200 - 400 IS L at 400 mm
Tripod

F 4,0 ; Iso 4000 ; 1/1000 sec

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2023 ; cropped for comp to about 75 % of FF

THanks for looking and commenting to my previous postings

Cheers Andreas

Jack Backs · Jan 21, 2023

Very nice image. No nits from me other than wishing the tail of the fish was perpendicular.

Dorian Anderson · Jan 21, 2023

Very nice! And cleaner than your previous frame because detail at ISO 4000 is better than at 12,800! Must be nice to have someone set the perch up for you - all you gotta do is show up!

Andreas Liedmann · Jan 22, 2023

Dorian Anderson said:
- all you gotta do is show up!

Yes .... and pay for the perch service :S3:

Andreas Liedmann · Jan 22, 2023

THanks Jack and Dorian fro your comments , much appreciated .

@ Jack .... sorry that the fish posed badly :bg3:

@ Dorian ... will try to get the same IQ from 12800 and higher . I have tons of images from that shoot .... but i have too sort out a ton .

Cheers Andreas

Daniel Cadieux · Jan 22, 2023

I suppose you could always bring him a perch and hope he agrees to set it up for you! Having said this, it is not all that bad. I love how this species seems to have a streak of blue hair down the back!

Sounds like a good spot - I'd be going back a few times as well!