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Lifting itself off the water with eyelid open
see flying colors below
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Black-backed Kingfisher bathing
This is one of the smallest and fastest king around capable of speed up to 6-8 meters per second. It's a huge challenge trying to catch it in action. This guy loves to bathe. He is thrilled with delight every time after he dip into the pool. It plunges into the pool with such high speed that it literally vaporise the water in front of it. The perfectly designed water-proofing plumage prevent it from drowning, it helps to keep the bird stays afloat every time after every dive and never fails. Another interesting thing i noticed was that despite the high intensity dive actions, the pool remained perfectly clear and the sediments was not disturbed at all. From observations he bathe even on rainy weather I'm unsure if this behaviour is confined to this species or otherwise
This yellow bellied version bathe from 1800 - 1815. The pale bellied bath from 1845 - 1900 both emit sharp calls before flying off signalling the end of the bath. Another question is why these birds do not dip themselves in the reservoir but instead choose to bathe in the tiny pools along the forest streams at the edge of the reservoir. One reason it might be the preferred shallow fast flowing cool water.
One complete sequence from ingress to egress from the water surface takes about 2 seconds. In human terms, it's a very compressed timeframe. For the kingfisher, it's a leisurely pace.
All sequence are remotely taken thus totally eliminating any possible stress to the bird
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While pondering over whether 'burst mode' would be a suitable setting to use at the Southampton Balloon Festival, I realised after a winter of discontent I have a lot of catching up to do.
So back to earlier this month for a Marsh Tit taken on the same day as the recent flock of songbirds; a day when, besides practising BBF and other stuff, I experimented with using the zoom lens in close to get a better background.
Helps with details too, as I found out on a return trip last week, so instead of getting bored with the same old birds I look on it as a chance to improve. So expect a torrent of the old familiar in days to come...
Had a few days off work, so thought I'd tidy up the back garden. It looks nice now, what do you think. (I Wish) :-)
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Grey-backed Camaroptera - Camaroptera brevicaudata sharpei – Широкохвостая терновница
Victoria Falls National Park, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, 01/06/2019
Bleating Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
This afternoon,I couldn't resist the urge to go back to take more pictures of he endless succession of waves coming in from the Irish Sea driven on by a fierce and bitterly cold westerly gale.Having lived here all my life,I never tire of seeing the untameable power of the wind and the sea in unison.Even an hour after high tide,when I arrived,there was still plenty of action out there.
I spend an afternoon taking pictures downtown Suzhou. As a challenge I limited myself to my Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II, even though I hauled the lot along. Especially had to take care about the lack of IS. I guess the other lenses made me a bit lazy in the stability. Liked playing with the DoF and the leg zoom. Let me know your comments, feedback and suggestions for improvements.
Back in black
I hit the sack
It's been too long I'm glad to be back
Yes I'm, let loose
From the noose
That's kept me hanging around
I keep looking at the sky......
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The rear of Clare College with its gardens. Homemade 8x10 pinhole, yellow filter, Ilford MGIV paper. I think I need to start biasing the exposure a little bit towards the shadows, even with the yellow filter, as the nice foreground gardens just didn't come out at all.