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A day on the kingfishers...

A day on the kingfishers...
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 2500 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 600/1

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Oct, 2015

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Contest Finalist in Image Of The Month Photo Contest Vol 3

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awesome catch! congratulations!

Love it!!

Great capture! Congrats.

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Such stunning birds. Well captured. Congratulations. ????????

Many thanks to all who commented/voted/awarded, much appreciated!

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Great shot. One I've always wanted. Well done.

This is superb! :)

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Super Capture! Kudos!!

Congrats, that's amazing!

Absolutely brilliant.

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Better weather meant a chance to go and catch up with some old friends - and here one is making the most of a dragonfly larvae lunch!

A day on the kingfishers...

Taken from a hide at a local Nature Reserve in South Wales as the bird flew in to the edge of the lake for a fishing expedition.

Trip to Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo to try something a little different from birds...

Taken on a trip to Deal in Kent

A day on the kingfishers...

Swinging in to the wind before landing on an old piling in the lake...

Sitting in a hide can have some reward. Great Egret (Ardea alba) came a-visiting.
Mono version.

Trip to Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo to try something a little different from birds...

A shortie just before it pounced on some unsuspecting small furry thing (probably a vole or mouse) unfortunately the grass was long enough to hide any

A young man of my acquaintance walking back to his mum to continue queuing after watching a miniature train off through the fence at a local open day,

A shot from a recent trip to one of my favourite locations to womble around with a camera...

Another shot from a fave location...boats at Dungeness offer lots of compositional opportunities...

Often the weather can make or break a photography session, and luckily for me the snow that fell briefly on this particular day really made this shot

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Male) surveying the area...

Juvenile Heron Seeing off a Great Egret from the top of a tree....

Great White Egret coming in to land at Kenfig Nature Reserve...

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