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Months of work, 4A.M. wake-ups...many car kilometers to drive, and tons of patience inside the hide for a few shots..

Hope you like them!

©Nicolas Reusens 2020

Dive master

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Diving reflection

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Double prize!

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Underwater skills

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3 in a row...

Jun 19, 2020 at 02:28 PM

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Wow! Great shots, hard to pick one. Definitely worth all your hard work behind this! Voted

Jun 19, 2020 at 02:48 PM

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Thanks a lot for your kind words.
Glad you liked them!
Best,

Nicolas

shibutg wrote:
Wow! Great shots, hard to pick one. Definitely worth all your hard work behind this! Voted

Jun 19, 2020 at 04:42 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · High-key Kingfisher & reflections

fantastic series.. the group portrait had me smiling.

how did you manage to acquire focus with the underwater shot? kingfishers in my local area are far and few, so i never had a chance to take their photos.

Jun 19, 2020 at 04:54 PM

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Wow, these are great!

Jun 19, 2020 at 09:35 PM

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Amazing shots, how do you manage them? The stone circle looks like a target?
J.

Jun 20, 2020 at 12:56 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · High-key Kingfisher & reflections

nice job on the kingfishers Nicolas

Jun 20, 2020 at 02:50 AM

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Totally JEALOUS

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Jun 20, 2020 at 07:22 AM

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not a fan of the high key but i can appreciate the work you did.

Jun 20, 2020 at 08:35 AM

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tntcorp wrote:
fantastic series.. the group portrait had me smiling.

how did you manage to acquire focus with the underwater shot? kingfishers in my local area are far and few, so i never had a chance to take their photos.
They got me smiling too when I saw them! 3 in the same branch!
I have to prefocus, and cross my fingers it enters were I think it will

Yeah...that means many missed shots!

Jun 20, 2020 at 10:21 AM

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Fred Amico wrote:
Wow, these are great!
Thanks! glad you liked them!

Jun 20, 2020 at 10:22 AM

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Your efforts were definitely rewarded with these truly amazing shots. I, too am not a huge fan of the high key treatment. Nevertheless, the detail and dynamic motion does override that one small objection

Jun 20, 2020 at 10:32 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · High-key Kingfisher & reflections

Amazing, simply amazing images, Nicolas! Your effort has paid off in a big way. YGMV!

Joshua

Jun 20, 2020 at 10:56 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · High-key Kingfisher & reflections

Another great set of images from your Kingfisher setup!
Your prior post, https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1642327/0, showed a lot about your setup, but I too am curious about the stones. Do the fish congregate there?
Regardless of the details of how you got them, the results are amazing.
Voted.

Dave

Jun 20, 2020 at 11:06 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · High-key Kingfisher & reflections

Certainly excellent, and something a little different, too.

Jun 20, 2020 at 11:31 AM

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birdied wrote:
Your efforts were definitely rewarded with these truly amazing shots. I, too am not a huge fan of the high key treatment. Nevertheless, the detail and dynamic motion does override that one small objection

The underwater shot is outstanding and certainly something I have never seen before.

The circle of rocks , was that done so you could place fish there and have an idea of where the birds would dive?

I do hope you post more .

Birdie

I wasnt a fan of high key either...until I started experimenting with some species like hummingbirds and now kingfishers...for high speed photography I think there is something special with the high contrast, so I also tend to use black backgrounds more and more...

Jun 21, 2020 at 07:49 AM

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AGeoJO wrote:
Amazing, simply amazing images, Nicolas! Your effort has paid off in a big way. YGMV!

Joshua

Thank you for your kind words Joshua, I greatly appreciate them.
Cheers!

Jun 21, 2020 at 07:50 AM

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dclark wrote:
Another great set of images from your Kingfisher setup!
Your prior post, https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1642327/0, showed a lot about your setup, but I too am curious about the stones. Do the fish congregate there?
Regardless of the details of how you got them, the results are amazing.
Voted.

Dave

Thank you sir! tons of work here...
Still have some time left with the family, so expect some NEW crazy stuff from me soon

Yes, fish tend to hide when they sense movement over them (shadows etc), and I saw their behavior in the river (one meter from this pond), so I put 3 bigger stones in order for them to "hide", and sometimes it works (other times they just act like the fish they are and swim fearlessly all over the pond)

Best,

Nicolas

Jun 21, 2020 at 07:55 AM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · High-key Kingfisher & reflections

Terrific set Nick

Morris

Jun 21, 2020 at 08:40 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · High-key Kingfisher & reflections

wow these are amazing shots. I admire your patience as here our Kingfishers are so skittish. Do you use a two camera set up one above the water and your under water macro lens already in the water?

Dave

Jun 21, 2020 at 08:41 AM

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