Photograph Kingfishers diving into the water

Beautiful. I wish these guys lived in the US too. We have the belted kingfisher, which I don't find to be as pretty.

Brilliant footage

Thank you

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great video slow motion, may I know whether the shuttler speed need to set to a fast speed to prevent blur as what we do for photography bird in flight. There are some people saying need set to double speed of flame rate which should be 120 multiply by 2, 1/240 sec. it is necessary?

Thanks very much for sharing. I'm setting up a wildlife filming and photography park in Thailand, and I'm seeing some very interesting ideas on your channel. I'm working on getting the lower front part of the hide at the right angle for tripods. I only shoot video, so filming on bean bags would be very limiting. I particularly appreciate your comments on the size of perch and can see very clearly that you get much nicer images with your smaller and greener perches.

amazing photos of amazing bird.

Fantastic again, thanks
I'm no expert but I seem to hear a lot of people criticise these arrangements where a small enclosed area is baited, I don't understand what the issue is, what's your take on that?

Beautiful images, and commentary... thanks for sharing!

Thanks..

A beautiful and most glorious bird. A super capture with wonderful informative narration. Many thanks Mike for producing and kindly sharing these captivating moments. Best wishes and happy shooting 🙏

Perfect ! many thanks for sharing !

Great work, Mike. I had no idea Mark Hancox died. Such a shame and a great bird photographer.

Amazing work sir very enjoyable

Thank you Mike for this amazing experience in your company. Best regards from Portugal.

This is an excellent presentation, with an huge amount of useful information given for free , it can take years to acquire this type of knowledge, it will be so helpful in my photo adventure in the quest to capture my first kingfisher shots , thank you and well done .

Incredible work, if my own shots look half as good someday it would be a success. Thanks for the uploads!

Mike, many thanks for your review of the hide. As a very regular user and as I said in another comment, an admin of the facebook presence. I would just like to comment on a couple of your points for clarification. The Shelf in the hide is there to eliminate the need for a tripod, it is made for a hide plate/gimbal combination or a bean bag. Perches are a little big, as you say, Sharon is not a photographer and unfortunately, due to covid, no-one could go in the early stages of the re-opening so the bird is very much accustomed to bigger perches and shies away from thin ones. (It is a different male dominant now) . We are trying to wean him off them. Perch hight is low, this does as you say mean that the bird often flies upwards but what this gives is a great chance to get a hovering shot. From experience, a focal length of 400mm up to 500mm FF is ideal. Many 600mm lenses do not focus close enough for the perch set up there. The original info said for diving, 70-200 as someone has commented on, ideal diving lens would be a 100-400. 200mm FF will get you some good start off shots then as you move up to 300+, you will get some good shots if luck is with you but you also increase the chances of clipped wings, tail, beak etc because trajectory back to perch is not always the same. Again, thanks for the great Video and for acknowledge the work undertaken by Sharon and Pete to improve the hides and try to mend the, quite frankly, justifiably awe-full reputation brought on it by the previous owner following on from Marks sad death

Hi Mike. I admin the facebook page and photo group for BrinePit Wildlife. Can I ask for permission to put a link to this video on our pages please

Fantastic content!

Just discovered you Mike...makes me want to try this genre of photography! Love the wisdom on bird behavior. Also, you have a sound-alike in Sir Anthony Hopkins (love the movie Meet Joe Black). Keep up the great vids sir!

How do you anticipate the diving moment when all you can see at hide ground level on the camera is the pre-focused water surface and not the perch? I mean the time between diving and returning to the perch is only a split second.

Great video!

what is the fish name which is used to feed them?

Wunderschöne Aufnahmen Best Regards from Germany MfG Peter Preis Dinslaken

For a few moments I really thought I'm watching a bbc doc narrated by sir David Attenborough! Very well done Mike!

Beautiful video, good explanation and impressive footage. Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands.

Amazing footage of a gorgeous bird, and as always, great tips. Thank you.

Great work Mike , Thanks for posting

Lovely work as always Mike. Have you a link for contact details for the hide it’s not far at all for me. I’d like to visit it. Thanks in advance

wow great idea and stunning shot sir

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Hard work. Beautiful shots. Thank you for your patience. Very beautiful!

Brilliant video, thank you

Great stuff Mike! Thanks for sharing!

Fascinating video! Never knew those set ups existed! Thank you Mike!

Thanks Mike .... great to share your day out :-)

Fabulous! Long term id love to hear your thoughts on the A1, as like many it’s something I’ve considered or at least pondered on for a while. By the by where did you get it?

Stunning video footage and stills Mike as always.

Always so relaxing watching your videos. Beautiful video and shots.

Hi Mike, another great video. I shot with the same setup and I'm really impressed with your stills and the video. Can you please tell me the best time of year to photograph the Kingfisher in Worcester and your preferred camera mode/aperture/ISO to shoot at 1/4000? Thinking of revisiting the UK next year (Covid-19 permitting) Cheers Colin from Oz

great video and nice shots

Beautiful shots. Kingfishers high on the bucket list fingers crossed one day

Nice video, always love your relaxed tone and easy pace.

I'd use a 300 mm with a 1.4 extender would this be enough?

Mike photographed there in the past with Mark and just after he handed it over. My last two visits were really disappointing in terms of visits. Go to hear you had 5 visits. Would you go again?

Fantastic footage! Your work is amazing and inspiring! Well done Mike

Great footage as always but much prefer the sparrows :-)

Great shots there, good way to study them in controlled environment.

Tanto el video como las fotos han ganado mucho en calidad. Se nota mucho el cambio de equipo.