Kingfisher

@yorkshirekiwi and I stopped off at Nikau Caves Cafe for a late lunch and coffee on our way home from our photo day out. It's a beautiful peaceful spot and their gardens are full of birds including tuis and kingfishers.

Sorry for photo overload - playing catch up as usual. :(

[George]

Stunning shot. What lens did you use?

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Fantastic portrait of this guy, they're fast! I'm curious about your equipment too.

[Esther Rosenberg]

super shot

[Nick]

@gaf005 @theredcamera Thanks. I was just using my Nikon 18-140 kit lens so I had to crop in quite a lot. I really should have used a faster shutter speed. I would have adjusted but it flew away just after I took this.
@dutchothotmailcom Thanks :)

[Peter Dulis]

lovely capture

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[amyK]

Nice capture

[KWind]

Great clarity!

[Walks @ 7]

Stunning

[Carole G]

Great shot Nick. You got a better one than me

[Sue Cooper]

Wow! That’s a super shot. Fav.

[Casablanca]

Oh wonderful - I have never seen one in the wild. An ambition!

[Anja]

Great capture

[Merrelyn]

Beautifully captured.

[MalH3]

Stunning shot.

[Jean]

fabulous bird shot!

[sheri]

Such sharp focus and nice background blur.

[haskar]

Beautiful captured.

[Wylie]

gorgeous fellow, fav

[Rob Z]

Wonderful clarity!

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav

[Dee L.]

A magnificent capture! Fav!

[PhylM-S]

Wow. Beautiful.

[Nick]

@pdulis @rickster549 @amyk @kwind @joysabin @susiemc @stiggle @merrelyn @365projectmalh3 @jernst1779 @sherimiya @haskar @pusspup @robz @sdutoit @flygirl @elatedpixie Thank you all so much for your lovely comments and favs.
@yorkshirekiwi Thanks. Some people walked by and he flew away just after this shot.
@casablanca Thanks. We're lucky as they're more commonly seen in NZ than they are in the UK.