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Little Kingfisher

Little Kingfisher (Image ID 26258)
Photographed byTim Van Leeuwen on Thu 15th Jun, 2017 and uploaded on Fri 16th Jun, 2017 .
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ID26258
CommentI had been on a great birding cruise with Ian "Sauce" Worcester where I photographed this Little Kingfisher. The shot was ok but I decided to return to the area and try for a land based better shot. This one photo is the result of 2 hours sitting on an old partly submerged derelict pontoon in croc/mosquito infested creek. I had over a dozen failed attempts to get a shot of this small bird, around 10cm, until finally it sat right where I had my camera focussed on the old rope stabilising the old pontoon, lucky. Sadly I was told by "Sauce" that the partner of this kingfisher recently flew into a window of a nearby house killing it. Hopefully it will find a new partner and ensure the future of these amazing little birds at Daintree.
EquipmentCanon 5D Mark iv
Canon 200-400 f4
iso 200 - 1/200 - f5.6 - 560mm - manual exposure - hand held with monopod - flash fired ETTL - minus 2/3 - partial metering
Initially processed in Canon DPP 4 to crop, adjust exposure and lighting and perform noise reduction on bird. A 16 bit TIFF file was created from the RAW DPP image and finished in PSE (Adobe Photoshop Elements CC) where the background was noise reduced and the main subject sharpened.
LocationDaintree village area, Queensland
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