Always a pleasure to view and photograph kingfishers. They come in many varieties and can be found worldwide. This little guy is the Amazon kingfisher. I spotted him while searching for jaguars in the Pantanal of Brazil (I was the one searching for the jaguars, not the kingfisher). The kingfisher was doing what kingfishers do — sitting quietly above the water, waiting to dive bomb an unsuspecting fish of some sort. I rarely use a teleconverter, but I did on this shot to extend my 400mm zoom lens out to 550mm. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter attached (for 550mm) ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/250th of a second
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Always a pleasure to view and photograph kingfishers. They come in many varieties and can be found worldwide. This little guy is the Amazon kingfisher. I spotted him while searching for jaguars in the Pantanal of Brazil (I was the one searching for the jaguars, not the kingfisher). The kingfisher was doing what kingfishers do — sitting quietly above the water, waiting to dive bomb an unsuspecting fish of some sort. I rarely use a teleconverter, but I did on this shot to extend my 400mm zoom lens out to 550mm.
Just chillin’…..
What a beauty!
Great color beautiful bird easy to see why fish is in his diet
Aunt Sue
—– Dimentional trick
—– Diving bird as thin as blade
—– A child’s amusement.
Very attractive bird breast!
Not a fan of birds but this one is beautiful!