must be Kingfisher week

[Trish5]

I went to Viera WL the other evening. I love the evenings there. I saw this little bird that was not familiar to me fly by and land on a nearby palm. The light was on him so i got 6 shots. I posted one and harry gave me the ID. I didn't realize how difficult they were to capture! As I was shooting I was wishing I had harry's 500...but this shot, that I didn't look at yesterday is the best of the 6. Shot with 70-200 w/ TC 1.7

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[drueter]

Nice capture, Trish. They are definitely a hard one to catch and tend to stay pretty far away from people most of the time.

 

[Flew]

Ooooo!! Good one Trish. Hard to get that close. :wink:

 

[Gale]

Trish

Thats a beautiful image. Love the composituon, the bird in his surroundings and the light is teriffc.

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Kevin Scott]

Yup, that's our little Viera guy! Cool shot, Trish!! I agree with you about being at Viera in the late afternoon/evening. It's magical!!

 

[PJohnP]

Trish :

Nice capture ! I tried and tried to get KF shots on foliage in WI but only managed a few decent ones. Most of the time, they really prefer to roost on the wires.


John P.

 

[mike mac]

Great capture I was after thsi same guy all week when I was down there

 

[greyflash]

Well done Trish. This is a fine looking bird.

 

[Trish5]

Thanks everyone. Hope you can all get the chance to shoot AND catch him soon! A few more weeks with my grandson and daughter her, then I SHOULD be free again to get back to some real shooting!

 

[Keith]

Nice capture Trish, I like it!!! tough bird to get up close and personal based on the pics I seen, great job.........

 

[bfjr]

I wanna move to Viera !!! :redface:

Good one Trish, got one on Harry too no that's extra points !!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :wink: