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Dry Kingfisher
drjpmenon

Dry Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Yesterday I had posted a KF in rain . I am not sure if this is the same one..
Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.
Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
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Location
Tamilnadu, India
Date taken
June 2021
Scientific name
Halcyon smyrnensis
Equipment used
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 500mm
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
f5.6@1/1000, ISO 360
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Reactions: thunor, Danielbirdwatcher, delia todd and 1 other person
bievreJJ
those colours are awesome, JP, wonderful portrait of this superb kingfisher, top class, many tfs!!
 
peterow
A wonderful colourful and well lit capture you have of this beauty in a splendid close up pose, JP. Brilliant, well done.
 
delia todd
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Well, he sure looks a bit happier, and even has a twinkle in his eye LOL.

A terrific picture Jp, many thanks lad.
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
drjpmenon
Date added
View count
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Comment count
16

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7100
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
700.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
360
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
_JUN3540.JPG
File size
408.4 KB
Date taken
Thu, 17 June 2021 7:34 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 723px

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