Kingfishers - at last!
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Posted 07/09/2011 - 15:28
Welcome back!
Those were certainly worth the wait. Congratulations!
Like the website too
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Those were certainly worth the wait. Congratulations!
Like the website too
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Posted 07/09/2011 - 16:17
Beautiful shots - your patience and dedication are well rewarded.
Cheers....John
On a dark desert highway, cool Pentax K5 in my hand.
My Kit
K5 & 18-55 Kit lens, K7, Pentax 18-250mm lens, Sigma 10-20mm lens, Sigma 105mm Macro lens, Pentax 50mm 1.7 lens, Cokin P Series Filters
Cheers....John
On a dark desert highway, cool Pentax K5 in my hand.
My Kit
K5 & 18-55 Kit lens, K7, Pentax 18-250mm lens, Sigma 10-20mm lens, Sigma 105mm Macro lens, Pentax 50mm 1.7 lens, Cokin P Series Filters
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Posted 07/09/2011 - 16:24
Cant fault them in anyway. Great captures....
K5's (2)both gripped, K10d gripped, Pentax 28-90 f3.5, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 150-500mm. Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro, Sigma 10-20 f.4-5.6.EX DC, Hoya 135 f2.8, Take on 28mm f2.8 Pentax AF360 flash, 2 fill in slaves. 30 metre remote release, Rt angle viewfinder, Giotto NOT 3261B Tripod with Manfrotto 808Rd4 ball head, Manfroto 4861RC2 monopoly, shoulder stock, various filters etc, Panasonic SET HBS HD Video cam, Tamrac Explorer 8x backpack and a sore back.....
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Photography is an index for measuring futility and pride.......
Paul
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http://s743.photobucket.com/home/pg20_photos/index http://www.flickr.com/photos/pg20
K5's (2)both gripped, K10d gripped, Pentax 28-90 f3.5, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 150-500mm. Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro, Sigma 10-20 f.4-5.6.EX DC, Hoya 135 f2.8, Take on 28mm f2.8 Pentax AF360 flash, 2 fill in slaves. 30 metre remote release, Rt angle viewfinder, Giotto NOT 3261B Tripod with Manfrotto 808Rd4 ball head, Manfroto 4861RC2 monopoly, shoulder stock, various filters etc, Panasonic SET HBS HD Video cam, Tamrac Explorer 8x backpack and a sore back.....
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Photography is an index for measuring futility and pride.......
Paul
:wink
http://s743.photobucket.com/home/pg20_photos/index http://www.flickr.com/photos/pg20
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Posted 07/09/2011 - 16:50
Great shots there,but the reed warbler still does it for me.
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Posted 08/09/2011 - 04:07
Totaly jealous here, well done.
C&C welcome.
Don.
C&C welcome.
Don.
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Posted 08/09/2011 - 12:28
Very nice Danny! New site looks great too.
Tim
AF - Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, Tamron 17-50/2.8, Sigma 30/1.4, Sigma 70-200/2.8, Tamron 70-300/4-5.6
MF - Vivitar CF 28/2.8, Tamron AD2 90/2.5, MTO 1000/11
Stuff - Metz 58 AF1, Cactus v4, Nikon SB24, Raynox 150, Sigma 1.4x TC, Sigma 2x TC, Kenko 2x macro TC, Redsnapper 283 tripod, iMac 27”, Macbook Pro 17”, iPad, iPhone 3G
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Feel free to edit any of my posted photos! If I post a photo for critique, I want brutal honesty. If you don't like it, please say so and tell me why!
Tim
AF - Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, Tamron 17-50/2.8, Sigma 30/1.4, Sigma 70-200/2.8, Tamron 70-300/4-5.6
MF - Vivitar CF 28/2.8, Tamron AD2 90/2.5, MTO 1000/11
Stuff - Metz 58 AF1, Cactus v4, Nikon SB24, Raynox 150, Sigma 1.4x TC, Sigma 2x TC, Kenko 2x macro TC, Redsnapper 283 tripod, iMac 27”, Macbook Pro 17”, iPad, iPhone 3G
Flickr • Fluidr • PPG • Street • Portfolio site
Feel free to edit any of my posted photos! If I post a photo for critique, I want brutal honesty. If you don't like it, please say so and tell me why!
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Posted 08/09/2011 - 21:31
Beautifully captured in all its shimmering glory 
For your next challenge I suggest the elusive, and reclusive, bittern
Jon
For your next challenge I suggest the elusive, and reclusive, bittern
Jon
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Posted 09/09/2011 - 10:28
Many thanks for the kind words everyone, always appreciated!
They were a labour of love and will probably remain so in the future. Will keep you up to date when I get out again!
Would also love to know what people think of the website as the 1st thing I've found out is how time consuming and labourious it can be so things can be easily missed! The main issue I quickly realised after concentrating on uploading the images is that there is not enough text to go with them so that is where my main efforts will be for the immediate future.
Any tips, advice or recommendations you can share (it's a Wordpress based site) will be warmly received!
Danny.
PS Bitterns are now on the to do list!
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They were a labour of love and will probably remain so in the future. Will keep you up to date when I get out again!
Would also love to know what people think of the website as the 1st thing I've found out is how time consuming and labourious it can be so things can be easily missed! The main issue I quickly realised after concentrating on uploading the images is that there is not enough text to go with them so that is where my main efforts will be for the immediate future.
Any tips, advice or recommendations you can share (it's a Wordpress based site) will be warmly received!
Danny.
PS Bitterns are now on the to do list!
Website・Blog・Gear・Twitter・Facebook
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Posted 09/09/2011 - 13:10
Some beautiful captures (both here and on your website) of a gorgeous bird .... so pleased for you that your patience paid off !
http://frogfish.smugmug.com/ Pentax. Pentax DA*300/4, Cosina 55/1.2, Lens Baby Composer Pro & Edge 80, AFA x1.7, Metz 50 af1.
Nikon. D800. D600. Sigma 500/4.5, Nikon 300/2.8 VRII, Sigma 120-300/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 21/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 35/2.0, Sigma 50/1.4, Nikkor 85/1.8, Nikon TC20EIII, Nikon TC14EII, Kenko x1.4, Sigma 2.0
http://frogfish.smugmug.com/ Pentax. Pentax DA*300/4, Cosina 55/1.2, Lens Baby Composer Pro & Edge 80, AFA x1.7, Metz 50 af1.
Nikon. D800. D600. Sigma 500/4.5, Nikon 300/2.8 VRII, Sigma 120-300/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 21/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 35/2.0, Sigma 50/1.4, Nikkor 85/1.8, Nikon TC20EIII, Nikon TC14EII, Kenko x1.4, Sigma 2.0
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Posted 09/09/2011 - 15:36
What lovely shots. I've only seen a Kingfisher once and then it was just that flash of bright blue. You're far more patient than I could ever be!
Mark
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A friend who is a fisherman gave us the location and on my first proper early morning visit had seen one so knew where to camp up the next time. To cut a long story short on at least 12 pre-dawn visits lying in the tent waiting for at least 3 hours at a time the kingfishers always landed on a different stick to the one I was camped out in front of!
The last 2 visits though I decided to go for a walk up stream and try my luck elsewhere and it didn't take too long for them to land on the stick in front of me, so finally I have some images that I'm happy with! These are my favourites so far, there are some more on the kingfisher gallery on my website here.
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