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| Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by Adeyeancah(op): 5:45pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
Nailing the perfect shot sometimes
requires a lot of patience. Scottish
photographer Alan McFadyen would
know: he spent an estimated 6 years,
4,200 hours, and 720,000 exposures
trying to nail the perfect symmetrical
shot of a kingfisher diving into its
reflection.
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McFadyen spent most of his career as a
fisherman before a nasty back injury
forced him to pick up a camera instead.
He has been doing wildlife
photography since 2009.
Growing up, McFadyen used to visit a
lake with his late grandfather to watch
a kingfisher nesting spot. After taking
up photography, McFadyen decided to
honor his grandfather by capturing the
perfect photo of a kingfisher.
So, he began visiting a lake a few times
a week, taking pictures an average of
100 days a year, waiting for an
opportunity to capture a kingfisher
mid-dive at the surface of the water —
and capturing beautiful photos of
.
“Kingfishers dive so fast they are like
bullets so taking a good photo requires
a lot of luck – and a lot of patience,”
McFadyen . He also
says that female kingfishers only dive a
handful of times per day, so the shot is
hard to predict.
Finally, last month, everything came
together. A bird did a perfect dive, and
McFadyen finally managed to capture a
shot in which the tip of the kingfisher’s
beak is touching the surface of the lake
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| Re: Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by Ladycloud(f): 5:46pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
Beautiful!! |
| Re: Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by Adeyeancah(op): 5:50pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
Another pic
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| Re: Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by taiwokyle(m): 6:17pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
Na him be dat o, we no get dat kyn chill for here |
| Re: Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by Perfecttouch(m): 6:29pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
Adeyeancah:its a masterpiece. But I can easily do a photoshop of it |
| Re: Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by fattbabakay(m): 7:16pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
Perfecttouch:Gbam |
| Re: Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by Puresolutions: 11:27pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
This is a masterpiece,it's reward for every effort spent.. Well done brotther fantastic job |
| Re: Photo: Photographer Spent 6yrs To Capture A Perfect Diving Kingfisher by Puresolutions: 11:28pm On Jul 01, 2016 |
Could you inform us the camera you used? it's important to iinform people the camera used as well who knows you hve motivated a new line of business |
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