The young fisherman - a photo on Flickriver

            I took this shot a year ago, while I was traveling through the Netherlands. A day before I had discovered a pond where a juvenile kingfisher was fishing and allowed me to sit there, without it fleeing away. 

It was rather dark that day, and I was not completely satisfied with the result so next day I went back and sat there for ca 5 hours, just observing this young kingfisher catching tadpoles. It was rather successful also.
 I estimate that ca 50% of its tries resulted in a catch.

A wonderful experience that resulted in many nice images, but I didn't succeed in the ultimate shot, where it gets out of the water with something in its beak. My goodness how fast they are.

Another funny thing, at the end of the day, one of the parents came back, and took it back home.

Taken in: Holland / Limburg / Sweikhuizen (show map)

Taken on: June 22, 2022

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kingfisher

bird

outdoors

Geleenbeekdal

Netherlands

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birds

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Sony

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM4, f/6.3, 1/2000 sec, 600mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM4
Lens:	FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.4 (Windows)
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