Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
Canon f7.1 for 1/500th @ iso400
Over the years the Kingfishers have provided some ok sitting on perch shots. The spot is not ideal for anything other than perching shots as the light is very intermittent and certainly does not allow for diving shots and if and when the Kingfisher dive for sticklebacks their staple diet on this lake - mainly because that is all there is for the birds to fish for - even the shots of the Kingfisher dispatching the fish can be hit and miss. It is a shame the lakes are not stocked with fish the number of diving birds would probably increase dramatically.
In general a place to catch up and catch up on Peters photographic adventures abroad from Snow Leopard trips to photographing Gorillas in the jungles of Africa - and every sort of animal and bird in between. A recent viewing of his photographs on 6 x 4's where the Shoebills - a "prehistoric" looking bird of some size.
Over the years the Kingfishers have provided some ok sitting on perch shots. The spot is not ideal for anything other than perching shots as the light is very intermittent and certainly does not allow for diving shots and if and when the Kingfisher dive for sticklebacks their staple diet on this lake - mainly because that is all there is for the birds to fish for - even the shots of the Kingfisher dispatching the fish can be hit and miss. It is a shame the lakes are not stocked with fish the number of diving birds would probably increase dramatically.
In general a place to catch up and catch up on Peters photographic adventures abroad from Snow Leopard trips to photographing Gorillas in the jungles of Africa - and every sort of animal and bird in between. A recent viewing of his photographs on 6 x 4's where the Shoebills - a "prehistoric" looking bird of some size.