Kingfisher Diving

Tim Mayo

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I spent the day Tuesday in Mike Dunlevy's excellent kingfisher hide near to Market Drayton, Shropshire. Due to covid I had the hide to myself which was quite nice :) I had the a9 + 90mm setup for diving shots and triggered with the Sony RMT-P1BT remote. Ideally a nice fast shutter speed of around 1/4000 would be ideal for this type of shot, but the light wasn't playing ball so I had to drop it down to 1/1600. It was my first time trying these type of dive shots and I can definitely see how it could be addictive! Mike has a fantastic setup and is extremely knowledgeable about the kingfishers and their behaviour. Highly recommend a visit if you are in the UK! Will post some perched shots soon.

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  • ILCE-9
  • FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
  • 90.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/1600 sec
  • ISO 8000
 
Stunning Tim. I will, one day, get into this birding thing!
 
Very nice
 
I spent the day Tuesday in Mike Dunlevy's excellent kingfisher hide near to Market Drayton, Shropshire. Due to covid I had the hide to myself which was quite nice :) I had the a9 + 90mm setup for diving shots and triggered with the Sony RMT-P1BT remote. Ideally a nice fast shutter speed of around 1/4000 would be ideal for this type of shot, but the light wasn't playing ball so I had to drop it down to 1/1600. It was my first time trying these type of dive shots and I can definitely see how it could be addictive! Mike has a fantastic setup and is extremely knowledgeable about the kingfishers and their behaviour. Highly recommend a visit if you are in the UK! Will post some perched shots soon.

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Amazing!!!! Is it cropped? Looks very close for a 90mm.
 
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Amazing!!!! Is it cropped? Looks very close for a 90mm.
It's cropped to 4000px. The camera was on a gimbal which was only about 1 meter from where they were diving.
 
Wow, great shot Tim! Love the water droplets around the bird 👍🙂
 
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Wow, great shot Tim! Love the water droplets around the bird 👍🙂
Thanks Mark. It was good fun. Looks like its going to be a while before I get back there again now though :(
 
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