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Today's kingfisher

Blythman
Posted 12/07/2014 - 13:47 Link
Kingfisher from today

K3 and 560mm, f8, 1/1000 and ISO 500. And a big crop. Only 7% of the frame

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Preening Kingfisher (juvenile) by Alan Wennington, on Flickr
Alan


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K10D
Posted 12/07/2014 - 15:15 Link
Impressive master Wennington, go to the top of the class.

Super detail and colours.

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Blythman
Posted 12/07/2014 - 19:13 Link
Thanks Gary

Just noticed he's got eyelashes. Never seen that before ... bless !!!!
Alan


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jvs
Posted 12/07/2014 - 20:19 Link
Fantastic detail and sharpness for such a huge crop, Alan. It must have been miles away!
John
davidstorm
Posted 12/07/2014 - 20:26 Link
Very impressive for 7% of the frame Alan and a beautiful image too. This is where the K-3 pays dividends with quality glass.

Regards
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tomh1982
Posted 12/07/2014 - 20:32 Link
Superb! Especially considering the big crop!
McGregNi
Posted 12/07/2014 - 21:01 Link
Very impressive indeed, both IQ and photographer skill. That 560 is clearly very happy at f8.0. Is the 7% the whole crop Alan or just the subject actually? It would be very interesting to see the uncropped original just to get an idea of the scale involved, if its easy to do for us....
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Mike-P
Posted 12/07/2014 - 21:39 Link
Gorgous.

Was going back to Blashford lakes today to look for a Kingfisher but spent the day at RIAT instead.
Blythman
Posted 12/07/2014 - 21:46 Link
Thanks guys

Here you go Nigel

Original pixels 6,016 x 4,000 = 24,064,000

Crop 1,153 x 1,411 = 1,661,473

1,661,473 / 24,064,000 = 0.069, which is near enough 7%

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Mike, one of my mates was the for 4am, and it first came in at 4:10. I had a lie in and didn't get there until about 5:30am, by which time it had been in twice already. Do find they are best early morning, and then again late afternoon /evening
Alan


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AndrewH
Posted 12/07/2014 - 21:52 Link
Stunning...no other word for me
Northgrain
Posted 12/07/2014 - 22:08 Link
AndrewH wrote:
Stunning...no other word for me

+1

Thanks also for posting the non cropped version - interesting
Edited by Northgrain: 12/07/2014 - 22:08
co049
Posted 12/07/2014 - 22:20 Link
Nice
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PaulEvans
Posted 13/07/2014 - 07:33 Link
Fantastic shot! Thanks for sharing.

Paul
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Stridey
Posted 13/07/2014 - 11:38 Link
Fantastic image and such an unusual posture. Really shows off the blue plumage at it's best.

Regards
Nigel
bforbes
Posted 13/07/2014 - 11:55 Link
You've got the hang of the 560 then:

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