Friday, 2nd July 2010
Kingfishers
by Dennis Rademaker
My heart beats faster everytime I think back of the day this occured right infront of my nose.
It all started by setting up my blind which I use to conceal myself for the wildlife.
10 minutes after setting up the blind the female Kingfisher flew down onto the branch which overhangs the water.
About 30 seconds later the male Kingfisher came onto the branch aswell and he had brought a nice meal for his "wife"!
After giving her the fish the female Kingfisher signaled the male that she was ready for mating and WHOOP there they go!
Light circumstances were not great, I had to shoot this picture with the 40D +500mm f/4L at f/5 and ISO 800.
I did my best to get rid of the noise as much as possible.
But fortunatly the picture came out better as I expected!
Dennis Rademaker
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Kingfishers by Dennis Rademaker was photo of the day on Friday, 2nd July 2010. It is tagged Birds, Kingfishers. You can leave a comment below.
26 Comments
renee
Wow, love the colors of the birds excellent shot congrats!
Krishna Mani Baral
Nice and natural shot. Congratulation keep it up.
Gina
A beautiful and (I imagine) a pretty rare shot! Great timing.
Denise
FANTASTIC – right place at the right time. Being steadfast pays off. Well done.
Anurag
Amazing. Great description. I sure hope this was not the only shot you took. Have you posted the series somewhere on the web for us (and the world) to admire?
Su
Great shot and timing!
Pauline Jones
Well done, what a shot, these are beautiful creatures but normally so fast it is virtually impossible to photograph them.
reza
LOVE STORY
great shot thank you dennis
Ajit Pal Singh
beautiful shot
Malta Photography
Singular shot, indeed great colors and great quality.
planet lover
The right place at the right time for all involved. Great picture!
Dean
Great shot Dennis!!
Victoria Shelton
Fascinating scene and great work! Thank you for telling the story behind it.
GYPO
By heck Dennis, that must be a very rare photo indeed.
Absolutely love it, nature as it’s meant to be
Elsa
What a wonderful shot and story. Thanks
Cindy
You lucky guy! Great shot!!
mike
These birds have very nice colors.
ali shokri
excellent shots. thanks
Marie Dunphy Harding
I guess this is considered a bird’s eye view of porn!
sbl
Wonderful photograph.
riza
wah wooderful,i like this picture….
Cory Marder
I think this is has to be one of the most amazing pictures ever taken! Well done! And thank you for the beautiful description. We could live it with you.
Dennis Rademaker
I Cant believe this!
it took me 5 months to find out one of my images won the image of the day contest here!
I am sorry to say that I have never visited this site before, but I want to thank all of you for your kind words.
Please feel free to take a look on my website!
http://www.RademakerFotografie.nl
Kind Regards,
Dennis Rademaker
Carole
Great photo of my favourite bird. I specialised in looking after these fabulous birds when I was a wildlife carer. I had 2 who survived injures but couldn’t be released, so they were companion birds to other birds in care. They were great to watch when other birds came in injured, these little guys made them feel at home and less stressed.
Wilfredo Lumagbas Jr.
great timing and great capture. beautiful!
Blackmagdalene
Mamma mia e fantastica complimenti