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1/40 sec capture which proves how good kingfishers are at hovering this time it hovered for a good 4 seconds .
Playing Trivial Pursuit... Her hand is poised... waiting to drop the last wedge into place for the win.. If she gets the question right!
Just found this shot of a hovering Kingfisher at Brandon Marsh from last year. Not the sharpest photo ever, but it's at least a different sort of Kingfisher shot to the ones we see every day.
I adore hoverflies Not keen on flies but when flies evolved into these beautiful creatures something beautiful occurred! They are superb aeronaughts and predators and yet so benign. On many a lazy summer afternoon these friendly beasts hover in favourite spots.
They are my insect heroes !
Juvenile Goldfinch in my back garden ...
Stay safe out there ...
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7-6-2020
these insects are quite tiny, about 5 or 7mm long, and the beauty of them is only visible when enlarged. They are very beneficial in the garden as they eat aphids and they are great pollinators as well. This one is nicely matching the yellow Canola flower.
I could have picked many more, beautiful female Kingfisher hovering whilst catching shrimps at Montrose.
Was lucky enough to get a 42 frame sequence of this stunning Kingfisher hovering from the Delta hide at Attenborough Nature Reserve. Nikon D500/Sigma 150-600mm C.
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I had to switch to manual focus (which I always find tricky) to get this shot, whenever I tried with auto focus the camera would miss the tiny fly and focus on the background - just as the fly whizzed off to another spot. I have no idea what species this is, if anyone knows please say.
Everything at home is abit of a mess at the minute (new heating getting installed) and I don't have access/can find anything..... so a quick experimenting with a new lighting technique.... abit of A4 to diffuse the big light in the room.
This is the same cloud as the previous image (flying into orbit) ... just two minutes and a few hundred metres earlier (the car....I don't move that fast! ;-). The Taieri Pet seemed to stay the same but this little offshoot changed rapidly.
The Rock and Pillar Range is on the right and segues into the snow topped Lammermores.
SX10is
f8; 1/80; ISO 80.
Some work with dodge&burn
And curves.
After he had hovered right in front of me for a while, I heard someone watching say something about my foot; I looked down, and there was a mouse trying to get up my pantleg! Too freaked out for a pic of the mouse... I got out of the way, and the hawk got his mouse (got two today) but I hate to think what would have happened had those folks not been there and told me about the mouse. Couldnt figger out why he was hovering like that, if he was going to land on me, or what. The mouse was using me to hide from the hawk, and almost made it up my pantleg!
I was pondering the thought of what I would capture for "Hover" theme, so out in the yard I had a shadow that kept me cool from the sun, there is a constant breeze. Then it dawned on my the clouds hover. Now rule number one for me is never look at what is already posted in Flickr Friday because this is my idea and if there is 10 other clouds so be it but this was my own and if we agree on same bravo for the minds that think alike. Also want to share a poem to go along with this Strange Clouds by Stella D’Vine....
Sparkle and shine.
A galactic heaven.
Forming and dissipating.
A shower of the mindless.
Strange clouds hover.
They fill the room with giggle.
Laughter.
Awkward comments.
And more giggles.
Strange clouds hover.
Above the curious eyes.
The formless brain.
The curious mind evolving.
The philosophy of it all unknown.
It is like sweet aromas in your lungs.
Laughter in a bud.
Happiness in a bottle.
Strange clouds.
Westhay on the Somerset levels is a great place for Kingfishers at the moment plus a great variety of other wildlife. Really pleased to have also met fellow Flickr friends Steve Balcombe and Jerry Hawker along the way!
A lucky catch of a speedy female Ruby-throated hummingbird paying a visit to our yard this morning.
Our Daily Challenge - The Need For Speed - 9/3/20
Kestrel hovered for me & a 2nd one perched in a tree but back to me & in shade. Other than the Kestrels did not see much round the back lanes away from coast. Had to fill up though @ Hunstanton & there were cars everywhere, queue for traffick lights to get in, was over 1 mile long!