Juvenile Kingfisher
Uploaded: July 18, 2011
Working on this years Kingfisher project. The chicks of the second net hatched about a week ago. This is one of the juvenile females that still visits the site regularly to practice her fishing skills
Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
SS: 1/60 sec
A: F 5
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure comp: -2 1/3
Flash:no
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 1000
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
Auto Focus
tripod & Wimberley Head
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Sat/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/Adobe Photoshop CS5
Jack Gaskin July 18, 2011
BEAUTIFUL CATCH WTGHappy Shooting
Jack #1393922
Michelle Alton July 18, 2011
Exquisite, Jeroen. #9537213Brett Dolsen July 18, 2011
Wonderfull wildlife capture Jeroen!!We have a couple of similar Kingfishers locally down here in Australia and difficult to capture so I am extremely envious of your great work! #9537227Linda D. Lester July 18, 2011
AWESOME....to just have seen this but to get to capture it too!! Love it! #9537452Carol Eade July 18, 2011
She's beautiful, gorgeous image! #9537534john dunne July 18, 2011
Stunning Jeroen.You know these birds better than anyone else. Thanks for the amazing workshop. I had the best photography weekend of my life. #9538640Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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