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    Hi Guys,

    Have not had much time to post lately as i have been working very hard on a Kingfisher project wich uptill now resulted in around 3000 images.
    Here's one i liked of them sharing a meal...

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    Jeroen Stel

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    Great capture, I like the details, soft light and the bird flying toward the perch. I only wish for a smoother BG but that doesn't seem to be possible in this setting. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your project!

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    I like the action you've captured in this photo Jeroen. If I were to do a kingfisher project it would consist of 10 lousy photos taken from a great distance! :) While the BG is a little blotchy, it's easy enough to fix in PS if you want to. I'd love to have an image like this in my portfolio! Thanks for posting!

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    Love the poses and the colors in this one Jeroen, nice work!

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    Very nice picture Jeroen! I like the green BG and the frozen action in this photo. Good luck with your project!

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    As always, very nice! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

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    Very nice action. The blurred wings adds a lot of action to the scene. the Bg works fine to me and the perch is an excellent compliment.

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    Excellent moment. I have seen a few images of KFs sharing a fish but those were on stationary perches. This is the first one where the male is in flight delivering the meal !
    The blurred wings adds to the action.
    Very well executed photograph. Will look forward to see more of ur KF images...
    Keep them coming!

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    I absolutely love that perch!! Neat interaction, and the wing blur really adds to the action.

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    Alfred Forns
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    Love it Jeroen !!!! Fantastic interaction and catching them both in the same plane of focus !!! Big Congrats !!!

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    Fabs Forns
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    Great interaction and I love the blurred wings of the male!!! I'd sharpen his eye a little more. What a nice perch, was it set-up?

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    The color, detail and framing are outstanding. The action and interaction is superb. The perch is perfect and the BG bothers me not. Really nicely done...

    Steve

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    Super action. As mentioned by others, the blurred wings really make this image outstanding. Beautiful perch too!

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    Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa
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    fantastic action! great capture! I absolutely love this one. The PP also looks very complex, but it is very good.

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    Lance Peters
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    Congrats - amazing - very well done

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    Ákos Lumnitzer
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    Jeroen,
    I absolutely adore this image. Kingfishers are super subjects, so little, fast and hard to capture. your patience had indeed paid off. Congrats. I cannot find faults to my taste at all.

    :)

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