The Offering

Posted by Square Man1 on Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:27 am

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This image portrays the Male Belted Kingfisher offering his catch to his mate perched above. The male is attempting to pass the fish to her, this behavior signifies that the nest building is complete. If she accepts then the courtship will commence.

Taken with a Nikon D800e, Nikkor 300 2.8, TC 1.7.

1/640 sec. f/9. ISO-400.

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by Serge Chenard on Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:05 am

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And still another wonderful shot Robert !
I like the explanation (story) of the picture.

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by Gene Gwin on Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:25 am

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Robert, Agee--another excellent shot. And to think that after all this time, I didn't know all that I needed was a fish!

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by Square Man1 on Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:40 am

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Gene if that was the case when I was in Scotland last year I would I brought back the Loch Nest Monster.

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by Denis55 on Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:27 am

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Fabulous shot and explanation,Robert!

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by David Salem on Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:56 am

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Your hide must be pretty close to get these beautiful shots Rob. Perfect techs and details and I like the BG allot. Well done, again

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by GHAMILTON on Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:25 am

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Beautiful details and background story. Well done.

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by James Vellozzi on Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:00 pm

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Great details especialy in the fish

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by Karl Egressy on Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:39 pm

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Great details and very nice background, Rob.

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by mikullashbee on Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:29 pm

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Another great addition to your series of kingfisher images. I like your explanation as i think it helps to strengthen the image by describing exactly whats occurring. The 'set up' or where your blind is situated is giving some ideal opportunities that are not just apparent in the images but when looking at the tech's. Nice BG'S at F9, low ISO, and still sufficient shutter speeds. Nice work.

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by peter makuch on Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:08 pm

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great on getting both eye contact from ( THE KINGFISHER @ FISH ) with-in this capture.

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by Jeff Munoz on Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:29 pm

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by Gaurav Mittal on Fri Aug 26, 2016 4:53 am

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Such a lovely series of the KF you have Robert. Excellent details all around and thanks for sharing the story.

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Aug 26, 2016 3:32 pm

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If anyone offered me a wet fish I'd tell him what to do with it!

Superb shot Rob. You can see he is so full of himself - and anticipation. What a great behaviour capture and sharp as a tack.

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