I Saw A Kingfisher!!!!!!

Walking along the water meadows in Winchester there was a flash of blue and then he sat a couple of minutes. Probably the worst photo EVER uploaded to 365.

[Anne]

Oh Jackie, I so want to see - and photograph - a kingfisher! Well done you!

[Padlock]

Jackie, No I am afraid that is my first shot of a Kingfisher. You have tagged one brilliant so pleased for you.

[Padlock]

Also they are a creature of habit so once you know where it perches you have a better chance of a better photo. Keep at it

[JackieR]

@365anne I was so pleased to see it Anne, such an amazing colour. Unfortunately this at limit of the zoom lens so not good picture. I'm still smiling!!
@padlock thank you, I'm still grinning that we were at right place at right time just to gaze at it.

[Hazel]

What more could you want on a cold winter's day than the blue flash of a kingfisher - AND a photo of it! Well done for quick reflexes.

[Sally Ings]

Amazing colour. At least you have the proof that you saw it!

[JackieR]

@quietpurplehaze an in focus one like @padlock always manages???! But yes still smiling

[JackieR]

@salza so beautiful and larger than I expected

[Catherine]

I would be so pleased to get a photo of a kingfisher - only ever see the flash of blue passing by at great speed!

[Gillian Brown]

So rare to see one.

[Sarah Munnings]

Yay, it is very good as a first photo, you must have been so excited!

[Sarah Munnings]

And don't every get disheartened, I think I get many more unfocused ones at this sort of range than in focus!

[JackieR]

@pixiemac I was just hoping to see one as been told kns was there so when j say that flash of blue all I could do not to shriek!!! Got 3 photos but spent more time gazing rather than looking through viewfinder.
@gillian1912 couldn't believe my luck!
@megpicatilly I am pretty chuffed, still grinning!!!

[Carole Sandford]

Exciting isn't it? We saw one last year down in Wiltshire. I was surprised at how small they are! It does look very blue!

[John&Ann]

Well done Jackie, the Blue Flash is difficult to see let alone photo.

[Dyan Stevens]

How cool! I like the blurred effect with the bright blue right in the middle.

[wendy frost]

Super capture it looks like a painting with the blurry effect. A wonderful moment for you.

[JackieR]

@dyanstevens that's camera shake!!!
@wendyfrost still grinning!!!!

[JackieR]

@carole_sandford saw them on Kennet and Avon last year at least daily but not to photograph. This was bigger than I imagined them to be @jmdspeedy thanksJohn

[Catherine]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond I would be too! Even seeing the flash of blue race past me is uplifting!

[Billy]

Oh very well spotted