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February 8th, 2010, 12:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_canon-kingfisher.jpgI stumbled across this amazing photo of a kingfisher diving for its dinner, taken by photographer Adrian Groves (http://gizmodo.com/tag/adriangroves/) with a Canon 40D (http://gizmodo.com/tag/canon40d/) camera. This is how he did it, if you want to emulate it...
Groves set up a tank of minnows as bait, camouflaged with some netting, and then hid out, waiting for the kingfisher to appear. When it finally did, the Canon 40D (with a 70-200f2.8L IS lens, set at f/8, 1/1000 seconds) managed to shoot the kingfisher diving for a feed. I can't stop looking at it—the orange feathers make it look like it's on fire.
Now I want a 40D. And a pet kingfisher. [TrekNature (http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo227769.htm) via Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7181821/Remarkable-moment-kingfisher-dives-into-pool-to-seize-its-lunctime-feast.html)]
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Groves set up a tank of minnows as bait, camouflaged with some netting, and then hid out, waiting for the kingfisher to appear. When it finally did, the Canon 40D (with a 70-200f2.8L IS lens, set at f/8, 1/1000 seconds) managed to shoot the kingfisher diving for a feed. I can't stop looking at it—the orange feathers make it look like it's on fire.
Now I want a 40D. And a pet kingfisher. [TrekNature (http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo227769.htm) via Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7181821/Remarkable-moment-kingfisher-dives-into-pool-to-seize-its-lunctime-feast.html)]
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