Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Ally on November 04, 2020, 11:46:14 AM
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Lovely weather for a while
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Years of chase and run, this is the first time I got close enough for long enough to get the kingfisher. Even the Cardinal girl was cheering me on
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Comparing to kingfisher, nothing is so fantastically tiresome, or maybe golden crowned kinglets count
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White throated are just so friendly
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All flying things catch my eye now
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Brilliant shot of the Belted Kingfisher. It is so hard to getclose to a Kingfisher because they want no part of it.Too bad the background is so distracting.Or ... is it?
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-qWDM3PM/0/5aa78ea8/S/i-qWDM3PM-S.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-qWDM3PM/A)
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He was almost furious to see me after I clicked about 10 shots (in AV mode no less), because he managed to see me and flew away only 15 minutes ago.
I was really quiet and really nervous, fearing to blow it yet again. Some branches and leaves between us, so I had to aim between distractions. But maybe that's why I managed to get as close as I did. About 5-6 meters. Did you see the mask I showed you?
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When you have identified a favoured perch for a local Kingfisher the next step is to discovera vantage point that conceals your presence. That's usually not possible but such primo circumstancesdo occasionally arise. I remember being silent and motionless behind a bush and also havingdifficulty finding an unobstructed window of view. Even more difficult whenever it is windy.
I have seen your interpretation of a bird-themed mask. I wasn't being serious when I proposedthe theme. It was just whimsy on my part. What I was actually thinking at the time was a colourdistribution on a mask that mimic a bird when viewed from the front. The concept may not evenbe possible, a condition common to most examples of frivolous whimsy. For example, an EasternTowhee from the front: Black above, off-white below and rusty-red on the sides. Only a birderwould even recognize the communication.