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©2007-2009 ~RoieG
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This is the Kingfisher.
you can see it's a female by the red under her beek.

she stands on a stick, waiting for a fish to swim nearby and then dives directly on it spearing it with her beek and returning to the branch.
then she starts spinning her head agresively to release the fish so she would be able to swallow it as a whole.
I cought this image in the second she was about to catch the fish after releasing from her beek.

A little about the technique:
I was sitting in a camouflage tent near a branch I placed infront of me and waited for about an hour until she felt comfortable anough to aproach to new and incredible comfortable stick.
I used my D200 with Sigma 120-300 and X1.4 teleconverter at 420mm F/8, 1/400, ISO 400 on a tripod, of course.
Taken at Rishon Lezion, Israel.



Best regards,

Roie Galitz

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:iconceeque:
Wonderful! Great capture, perfect exposure, sharp as a button!

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....... :worship: .... :thumbsup:

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Amazing capture. If I hadn't read your description it would look like the fish is flying straight across the kingfisher's line of sight as she snatches it out of the air.

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Awesome shot!! :heart:
I love it =)

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This deserves a fav :D

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talk about patience and dedication, cheers to you mate :)
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ohhh!! great!! beautifull colors! ;P

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Ok Roie! Now I can see why you get these great shots! I would go nuts:bored: waiting an hour in the blind and maybe getting a picture!! I am :sprint: ,not too good for taking pictures as wonderful as yours!:)

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NIKON CORPORATION
NIKON D200
1/400 second
F/8.0
420 mm
400
Oct 4, 2007, 4:59:05 PM

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