Sacred Kingfisher diving after crab

flying_gadget · Nov 22, 2013

Love watching these on the dive, funny to watch the fight that goes on.

1: Its in here somewhere, I'm sure I saw it

2: Ahhh there it is

3: I better get out of here, its getting cold

4: That's better

5: Time to head home

6: Might take this one home for the young one to munch on

Sony NEX-7, Canon FD 500 F/4.5L, 1/2500, ISO 200, 10 FPS

All the best folks.

Danny.

ponce05 · Nov 22, 2013

Grate shots #2 is awesome..

WesternGuy · Nov 22, 2013

Great sequence. Thanks for sharing.

WesternGuy

shefjr · Nov 22, 2013

Whoa! These are great!

My only wish would be to have seen a frame or two before splash down. I've never seen how these guys fish.

flying_gadget · Nov 22, 2013

shefjr said:
Whoa! These are great!

My only wish would be to have seen a frame or two before splash down. I've never seen how these guys fish.

Similar to these ....

The first shot is how they hover above the prey for a second before they speed up the dive and the speed is amazing to watch.

All the best and thanks.

Danny.

shefjr · Nov 22, 2013

Hey thank you for sharing! Those are great!
I imagine that could be tricky waiting for the dive and keeping focus throughout the whole series. Nicely done!

sm4him · Nov 22, 2013

Wow, excellent series! I see SO many great Kingfisher shots from places outside the US, but here they seem so incredibly tough to capture. It makes me wonder if the Kingfishers you have are less skittish than the American versions.
At any rate, I enjoyed these tremendously, and you're right, Kingfishers are great fun to watch!