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Thanks all for the really kind comments.
armd wrote:
Just fantastic and I understand your excitement. Care to add a little background on the capture and gear?
We spent a couple of hours driving north into the midlands where there was heavy snow (for the UK at least). We hunkered down for a few hours in a very cold hide and waited to see if any kingfishers would turn up and we got quite a show with multiple visits.
For these shots I was using a Nikon D850 with the 500mm f4 FL all mounted on a wimberly mk2 / gitzo combo. There wasn't a lot of light so I was frequently switching between high ISO action-ready settings and then dropping down to burst at really low shutter speeds. The most detailed shot above (number 3) was at f8, 1/100th and ISO 200.
I've settled into having a couple of custom banks set up for exactly that purpose. When I get set up in a hide I set bank C or slow shutter speed portraits and D for fast action and high-ISO (often using auto-ISO). That way I can very quickly switch over and get the benefits of low ISO and then be ready for action. That's the theory anyway. I got a lot of relatively static poses that I liked but only a couple of action shots. My reactions can't stand up to a kingfisher taking off.
Thanks,
Phil
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