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Follow on from yesterdays post of the Heron spotted on my way back from Leicester, this is my FIRST ever shot of a Kingfisher which joined us as I shot the Heron woo hoo,!
As you can see from shot 4 the Kingfisher perched itself just inside the 150 end of my lens, Heron one side Kingfisher the other.
The shots are hand held (no tripod with me) so a bit soft...
200 ISO
from 100/sec to 160/sec
f8 - f5.6
Comments welcome especially on how to do these better.... thanks Steve
| Camera: | Canon EOS 40D |
| Lens: | sigama 150-500 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | 1st KINGFISHER |
| Username: | 
steve_eb |
| Uploaded: | 20 Dec 2009 - 4:45 PM |
| Tags: | Close-up / macro, Flowers & plants, Wildlife / nature |
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Imo no2 is the one i like best,a nice capture of a female KF,i love KFs,thank you.
john
Lovely series of shots and a great chance to capture shots of both subjects - one could not ask for more. The 3rd appears the sharpest kinfisher shot though I prefer the looks of the first shot overall.
Out of interest have you considered (or were able) to use a beanbag when you don't have space/time for the tripod? Even with the OS of the 150-500mm 1/160sec is probably really pushing your handholding at the long end (and whilst ISO 400 would have been usable I well understand the reluctance to rise ISO and lose finer details and have noise in a shot)
Quote: Lovely series of shots and a great chance to capture shots of both subjects - one could not ask for more. The 3rd appears the sharpest kinfisher shot though I prefer the looks of the first shot overall.
Out of interest have you considered (or were able) to use a beanbag when you don't have space/time for the tripod? Even with the OS of the 150-500mm 1/160sec is probably really pushing your handholding at the long end (and whilst ISO 400 would have been usable I well understand the reluctance to rise ISO and lose finer details and have noise in a shot)
Thanks for comments.
I do use a beanbag when able, this wasn't possible as I was under the canopy of a Weeping Cherry tree for cover and a low chain link fence would have prevented use of the bean bag anyway. Also had I broken cover to use a nearby post it would have spooked the subjects as the river is narrow at that point.
Thanks again Steve
shame they were both a little distant but non the less a good catch in V3 - V2 is very good for detail
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