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Otters by night...1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00My first attempt at photographing the kingfishers with a DSLR wasn't successful. I set up a hide around 7 or 8 metres away to fit the whole perch in the frame with a 500mm lens.
I heard the kingfishers flying past going up and down the river numerou...PT20Shttps://di262mgurvkjm.cloudfront.net/21f75c86-72e0-474c-8256-69dd02083a9c/IMAG0008_xlarge.jpghttps://di262mgurvkjm.cloudfront.net/21f75c86-72e0-474c-8256-69dd02083a9c/IMAG0008_mp4_hd_video.mp4
Kingfisher
My next idea was to lie at the edge of the river (there was a small pebble 'beach' area which made for an uncomfortable place to lie) and camouflage both the camera and me. At least that way it would be a much smaller, albeit unfamiliar, object to the kingfishers but I hoped small enough for them not to worry about.
This did bring them slightly closer as the photos below show, but not what I had in mind for anything decent photographically. Admittedly I'm sure the birds would have gotten used to the presence of me on the riverside and the hide, but I couldn't leave the hide out for fear of other people seeing it and either destroying or stealing it. Nor did I have the time to lie in wait all day every day. So it was on to plan C...
Author: Alastair Marsh, Alastair Marsh
Alastair Marsh Photography