Pied Kingfishers

[RobbieA]

[Dr. Harout]

Oh yes and yes. Stunning series. Bravo!
All shots (sequence) are more than great.
Keep them coming.

[Dr. Harout]

BTW, welcome back Robbie, haven't seen you around for quite some time.

[aster]

Hi Robbie,

Great to see the return of your beautiful kingfishers again!
In the third photo, you actually captured the fish in the air while the kingfisher was turning it around to face his mouth. Nice capture!

Yildiz

[RobbieA]

BTW, welcome back Robbie, haven't seen you around for quite some time.

Thanks Doc, been busy with some new projects at work.. many hours overtime, little time for hobbies..

thanks Yildiz.. was quite nice to watch.. luckily i was able to capture it.

[RobbieA]

I'll thank myself...don't sweat it.

-Sonolta

Hey, your post didn't show when I commented.. sorry.. but thank you for your positive comments..

[Javelin]

These birds are so cool even if they don't know what colour to be. how many pictures do you take to get how many keepers ? if he hard to shoot?

[Greg Beetham]

Incredible shots, they are a credit to you.
Greg

[RobbieA]

These birds are so cool even if they don't know what colour to be. how many pictures do you take to get how many keepers ? if he hard to shoot?

I shot about 100 pics of this guy, about 90 keepers. I study their habits quite a bit so I can pretty much anticipate what they are going to. Haha.. define difficult or hard to shoot...

Thanks Greg..

[Birma]

Awesome series Robbie. Thanks for sharing the pictures - I never even knew there was such a bird, but to have such detailed shots is amazing.

[RobbieA]

Awesome series Robbie. Thanks for sharing the pictures - I never even knew there was such a bird, but to have such detailed shots is amazing.

We have quite a few kingfishers here in South Africa.. Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Woodland Kingfisher, Pygmy Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Brown Hooded Kingfisher, Striped Kingfisher... maybe one or two more.. Thanks for looking at my pics and your positive comments..