At Langford Lakes...

All K7, 55-300.

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hope they are of interest.

C&C more than welcome.

Roger

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I wish I'd taken No 4. Only time I even see a Kingfisher is when its flying past at warp speed.

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Very nice Roger. Particularly like #3 and #4. Lovely kingfisher, she's a beauty.

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hi roger so you visited robins hide then very nice shots ,i am realy looking forwards to the new area opening soon should be something special.brian

and which kit lens is that?

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I really like the simplicity of #3. #4 is a really good shot of a kingfisher, in fact they are all good, but those two are my favourites, in that order.


The 18-135 is a K-5 kit lens. Like other kit lenses it is also available separately.

I like shot 2, the organic swirling pattern of the flock of birds reminds me of a Jackson Pollack painting! Shot 4 is beautiful, about as good a shot of a kingfisher as I've seen.

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Photograph No 4 is just excellent

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I like them all but 3, 4 and 5 stand out for me

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Thanks, all for your kind, encouraging remarks.
Quite right, Brian. it's a good place isn't it?
& it'll be even better when the reed beds are up & running!

The 18-135 is not the lens I used, nor is it the one mentioned by me in my original post(!)

All taken on K7, 55-300!

Thanks again,

Roger.

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Liking the kingfishers, obviously!

It's a shame the 2nd one is a bit softer than the 1st one though, looks like the focus point has shifted a bit looking at the branch?

Sounds like you shot them from a hide? Reason I ask is that if you could get a bit lower I'm sure they would look even better!

Either way, good job with only 300mm!

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I know that Roger - I was replying to Walkeja's off topic comment, which I assume was referring to Frankie's signature .
Sorry for polluting your thread. I do like the photos as I said

#4 is great, could be in a birding book. I quite like #2, but the sky looks the wrong colour; perhaps a touch more of the the ground in the shot would have been better too..

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Thanks very much, you're all most kind.

Yes, Danny, from a hide, but not possible to get lower. I suppose being so close & @ 300mm., DOF is so restricted, I may have adjusted my position to get the second shot & it was just enough to soften it off. As can be seen, the bird hadn't moved!

Thanks, Jonathan. The sky is a different colour to as-shot, but it was rather muddy as it was.....
I just wanted that anchor of the strip of bank in the shot to emphasize the movement & mass of the flock. I'll post the original & you can see what I mean & what you may think would be an alternative result.

Thanks for the constructive.

Roger.

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The original of no. 2:





Please feel free to adjust/edit as you will.

Roger.

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