These guys are hard to catch Mark from what I read here on FM.
You did well to seize the opportunity and with the gear you had.
I like the first one best, almost looks like he is saying, No Swimming, can't you see
Martin
Those little son of a guns are teasers that is for sure! This is like bait to get you to come back and chase them again You have a good start, now go back again and again and again and ......................good luck! Congrats!
very good for the first KF... you would wish to have cropping body to have it more closer look, bit of PP require in this shot..... lovely looking kf here
Karl, to be honest, I had serious doubts as to whether we had Kingfishers in Indiana or not... I mean, I read that they live here, but I had never seen one in my 2 years of shooting birds until today.
Munzir, yes, definitely would want a cropper if I was going out for birds, especially these small guys, but I was just out hoping to shoot a few geese with my son and lucked into this KF showing up.
Dan, With no cropping, this one looks similar to your mosquito! lol.
Hey Mark, congratulations. The first time you capture any species is always special, and I'm glad that you shared it with us. My wife and I will be in the Bloomington, IN area shooting fall colors this weekend. Where did you see this guy at? I know that there are KF's at Lake Monroe (though I have yet to capture one there).
Thanks Lil, this is the 1st KF I've ever seen, but there's a GBH or two in the area that taunt and mock me most of the time I go to this same area.
David, thanks, I saw him at a small lake just southeast of Indianapolis about 2 miles from my house.
Thanks Jim, exciting it was! I couldn't believe he was just sitting there waiting for me to snap off 4-5 frames before he took off. If I had my old 1D2 and 400, I would have had about 20 frames and twice the reach, agh!!! lol....
Congrats Mark! You may never get closer than that with these guys They can be so difficult. Better luck next time, there will be one now that you know this guy is around
My experience with the SoCal KF's has been pretty good. Yes, they're skittish... but I have found that they never fly too far away so you can follow them at times fairly easily and once in awhile get some closer than usual opportunities. So be patient, persistent, and stealthy.
Better luck next time... because there's always next time.
Thanks Tim and Kirk. I'm not very good at being stealthy (or patient!), I'm afraid I'm gonna have to rely on good old fashioned luck to have this happen again! haha!
Yesterday this Kingfisher toyed with me for about an hour. I identified three favored perches along the shore of a small island, Marsh Island for locals, and each time I got any kind of clear view it flew to one of the other perches. Fun but a bit frustrating.
You have a good start, now go back again and again and again and ......................good luck! Congrats!
