Common Kingfisher / Eisvogel / Alcedo atthis
The very best shot from the minute it did pose I cropped in more. / Das allerbeste Bild von der Minute die er fuer Portraits sass, schnitt ich etwas enger zu. |
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Common Kingfisher / Eisvogel / Alcedo atthis
The very best shot from the minute it did pose I cropped in more. / Das allerbeste Bild von der Minute die er fuer Portraits sass, schnitt ich etwas enger zu. |
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I am glad detail went not down to much by rather cropping than shrinking, but 300mm zoom at an ISO of 800 produces a bit of texture naturally, this is not a styling gag, just something I seem not able to process out without making the shot look unsharp.... I know decorative looking pics as opposed to proof of sighting shots of kingfishers are usually the domain of people with wildly expensive 800mm lenses sitting in a blind set up ready for hours without moving and this here was just an unbelievable privilegue given freely by this generous and lovely little bird.
Did you meet a Green Kinfisher during your Rio Grande trip, Betty? Common Kingfisher is the nominate Alcedinidae, as it is the only native one in europe and the most widespread of the palearctic and all of Asia. Green Kingfisher is of the subgenus Cerylinae, much closer related to your huge belted and ringed ones, but the male with orange in the chest is still the Northamerican bird giving the life impression of it best, flying just above the water like a fast little metallic bulet.
This looks like a very characteristic pose, they're hard to get.
I think ours are rare in that the female is more showy.
Belted Kingfishers with their shaggy hoods are certainly very cute -- and they are so big compared to our sleak little ones.