Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Ally on May 11, 2020, 08:33:48 PM
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Everyday, there is at least a shot I could have taken. :( :( If I looked first; if I moved faster; if I wasn't too focused on the kingfisher, I could have got the RTH couple transferring prey. But I found a wild Turkey which was a first in this part, so I'm Okay now.
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The prey looks like a female Cardinal or a chick. The RTHs were calling each other for the transfer, and I couldn't quite give up the kingfisher diving...
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Wild turkey was a nice surprise
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Congratulations on capturing a close photo of a Belted Kingfisher. It is a species that I have found to be very wary of people and often departing the scene when I approach from even 200 meters away, a distance that would render me no threat at all. I don’t know whether you have a 500mm or a 600mm lens, but either way, that’s the kind of power you need to capture these birds. You are still losing detail because of the overwhelming contrast in your photos. The Humber trail must be Hawk haven considering the number of times you seem to spot them. I saw a couple of Cooper’s flying directly down the street as if it were a designated raceway. Just blowing off some steam, I guess.
I tried to capture additional detail on one of your pictures but the noise was too great to retrieve much buried within the contrast.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-VjZZJbK/0/2c021092/M/i-VjZZJbK-M.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-VjZZJbK/A)
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Congratulations on capturing a close photo of a Belted Kingfisher. It is a species that I have found to be very wary of people and often departing the scene when I approach from even 200 meters away, a distance that would render me no threat at all. I don’t know whether you have a 500mm or a 600mm lens, but either way, that’s the kind of power you need to capture these birds. You are still losing detail because of the overwhelming contrast in your photos. The Humber trail must be Hawk haven considering the number of times you seem to spot them. I saw a couple of Cooper’s flying directly down the street as if it were a designated raceway. Just blowing off some steam, I guess.
I tried to capture additional detail on one of your pictures but the noise was too great to retrieve much buried within the contrast.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-VjZZJbK/0/2c021092/M/i-VjZZJbK-M.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-VjZZJbK/A)
Thank you for helping me with the processing. I do have a RTH couple in the neighbourhood, but I don't know where they nest. There is a large area that I have not explored. Maybe my next mission, after the kingfisher diving shot.