I find it is difficult to photograph a kingfisher.
Is the difficulty because a kingfisher doesn’t like to be approached by land mammals, even from a distance? Possibly, but I think that most of the problem comes from the bird’s fishing strategy. If nothing edible is immediately apparent from one perch, another is quickly sought. Almost as soon as the kingfisher is spotted, it is gone.
(It is much easier to photograph a heron, for its typical fishing strategy is to linger and let fish come to it.)
A juvenile kingfisher was spotted…
but was soon off.
Great photo Alistair.
I have spent hours waiting and watching Kingfishers from afar, only to get three decent photos in three years.
It seems a lot of photographers use blinds for Kingfishers but I don’t have the patience for that, but what bugs me is their constant laughing..
Travis, I am glad that I am not alone with my kingfisher difficulties. Mind you, what counts as a decent photo for you would probably rank as exceptional for the rest of us. As to the laughing: I had never thought of it that way before, but now that you mention it, I will never be able to listen to the kingfisher’s cackle again without believing that it is laughing at my photographic difficulties.