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Ralph said:
I think the closest shots were about 40-50 feet which is the closest I’ve ever gotten. The rest were in the 80-100 foot range. Just guessing.
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Thanks!….. I’m trying to get shots of a male that comes in to our osprey pole every evening. He is simply too far away at 30-40 yards.
 
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Ralph said:
The kingfishers were establishing their pecking order(pun unintended😜) yesterday and were chasing each other for at least 45 minutes. There were at least 4 males, possibly 5. There we’re very challenging lighting conditions and I did the best I could. Used auto iso but at times there was quite a bit of backing lighting or they were in very shaded areas. I should have dialed down the shutter speed and adjusted the EC but I didn‘t want to miss the shots I was looking for so I kept the shutter speed at 1/2000. It was very confusing at first because they were everywhere and I couldn‘t decide what to shoot(perched or BIF) . And during all this a bald eagle flys by. I did manage to get a shot. I figured that under exposing was better than over exposing. I was very humbled by the situation but I did managed to get some of the shots I was hoping for. And I was ready when one landed extremely close to me. The closest I have ever gotten to date. Of course , he landed on a pipe.☹️. More photos to come.

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