My Third Kingfisher shot

Ok so in my quest to get a decent picture of a Kingfisher I have scoured the land (well maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, more like the Bournemouth area) to find a promising piece of land to get a shot of this elusive bird. I have posted my last 2 successful outings, the first HERE and the second HERE and so without further ado I present my third go at getting "the shot".

The light was pretty iffy but the K-5IIs stood up to the processing really well, I had to do some pretty aggressive lifting of shadows on some of them (the Canon 7D would have failed miserably).

Not up to Alan's impressive pictures a while back but certainly getting there.


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Kingfisher by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Very impressive set of images. 😊

Fantastic Mike. What a catch. A young male

Looking forward to seeing more. Are you hooked?

Excellent set well worth the effort, beautiful colours.

Harry

Your too modest

Well done Mike. Very impressive set. Were these taken at Blashford Lakes as per some of your recent postings ?

Regards
Nigel

Flipping heck - he's done it !!

Those are really lovely - particularly , to my mind , the ones with the fish.

Congratulations - well worth the wait

They are a wonderful set Mike. Which lens was the K-5IIs attached to?

Cracking shots Mike

Well done mike worth waiting for

These look pretty good to me Mike, I haven't managed to get any Kingfisher photos yet!

Cheers
David

Great set of kingy images - a lot of my birdy snappers friends would be VERY happy with these

I'm green with envy - you must be really chuffed! These are spot on!

Wonderful photos. Your patience has paid off in spades.

My initial thought too...as everyone else is saying.."well done", your perseverance has paid off.


Karlo