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King Of Patience

King Of Patience

The kingfisher is very patient, waiting until some unsuspecting fish swims below. And then he'll drop on it like a bomb! Needless to add, he's one ver...
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The kingfisher is very patient, waiting until some unsuspecting fish swims below. And then he'll drop on it like a bomb! Needless to add, he's one very successful fisher - not called "kingfisher" for nothing!
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camera

COOLPIX P900

settings

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 180 Shutter 10/5000 Focal Length 2850/10

location

location

Radozda, Struga, MK

upload_date

upload_date

Sep, 2023

Views

32

Likes

+5

Awards

Peer Award

+3

Superb Composition

Absolute Masterpiece

Categories

Platinum

Yes, they are very admirable. I always wanted to know why in dutch they are Ijsvogel (Ice bird) while in Roman languages the y are martin fishers :-) anyway, they are lovely

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