Kevin thanks. Absolute superb photos of this mythical little bird. The females 'wear lipstick' :). Good one :). Easy to remember. I saw one the exact moment my family and I arrived at a camping site along the Belgian Semois, last week. During the next few days, I spent several 4-hour sessions to spot another one. I did eventually run into luck, even if it landed at least 60 meters, 65 yards away in a tree on the opposite bank. I photographed lots of wagtails to have something on my hands while sitting in the waiting room. Believe me, it was time well spent :). They are great practice. So fast, while they pluck flies from the skies like berries :). I only brought a tiny camo blanket with me. Thanks to your crash course I'm now aware that I need to hide much better. It seemed to me that the noise from people talking, sometimes yelling, drifting down the river in kayaks or inflated colorful stuff, scraping the riverbed, wasn't supporting my chances much, and I need to improve on location scouting a lot to say the least. Nevertheless, these first sessions felt magical. Thank you for the great instructions. BTW, my cam-settings checked yours completely (that part I got correct myself :) on a Nikon Z9, using a 100-400.
Your photos are sensational! As a bird-in-flight fanatic myself, I love king fishers. I frequently visit our Kruger National park and smaller parks in South Africa in search of King fishers. I’ve only been lucky twice where I’ve been in a position to shoot from my vehicle a kingfisher diving in- and out of the water. Being in a park one is not allowed to be outside your vehicle and when you are parked on a bridge to finally get the photo of a life time, you have to move on as there are other cars waiting for you to move which is very frustrating! You seem to have the ideal spot. Thank you for sharing your magnificent photos.
Your pictures are extraordinary and wonderful to see. Environment is obviously so important; and finding a bird family near enough to where you live, no doubt, helps a lot. Absolutely inspirational, thank you.
I watched this yesterday, hands down the best advice on RUclips for getting pictures of Kingfishers, hands down. I’ve been working through the rest of you equally great videos, thanks for the huge effort I know this must have taken 👏👏👏
Amazing images! I've just gotten into birds and discovered that there are kingfishers in my area. I haven't even seen one yet, but my wife did on our last trip out. She even got a good pic with her Canon powershot. I couldn't even see it. So, baby steps. Your tips here are super helpful! Thanks!
I recently found a spot of great kingfisher. Sadly the only that allow to be close enough and got decent photos is very close to two wasps nests being under construction... I need verify which one are those (it is in Brazil) and see if it still wise to go there to get some nice pictures. I also got there a natural cover which limits the movement of camera/vision, but I was able there to sit/stand and take some shots with normal clothes, no tripod.
another fantastic video you are deserving all the followers and likes, o know you put a lot of work into these, see you out there soon great stuff. very refined product
Hi Kevin, superb video and didn’t know about tip #2 and the rehearsal before dive 🤦🏼♂️ I have a location with regular perch but often quite dull so 1/3200 and f8 bit challenging and screwing up my “in dive” shots - but thank you so much 👍🏻😎
Loved watching this and you sure took some nice shots. Here in Belgium, we actually are having a period of seeing kingfishers all around the regular places. I must have taken more then 3000 photos in the past month of that beautiful bird. I love how you are not going into details of brand and stuff, wich only brings lots of unpleasant discussion. Looking forward to see more of your work.
Brilliant video Kevin, I looked at this video before I went to take some images. Sadly I had a bad day, 4000 images - 1/6400 sec. 30fps - auto ISO - F9. RAW. Can't believe I didn't get a single image pin sharp. Your videos help me a lot so need to do more research before my next go. Cheers
Gorgeous managed to get some really sharp my best ever shots of a kingfisher a few weeks ago on my 1st shoot with the rf100-500 on a R7 well chuffed how it allowed 3 of us to get within a few meters of it so really filled the frame and got really sharp water droplets on its back love it
Great video. A good friend of mine has captured some great shots of Kingfishers purched on the tip of his fishing rod 6 to 8 feet from him, but when fishing he doesn't take his camera for some reason, they were all taken on his phone.
Thanks mucker, the piece about pre-dive movements is invaluable….I’m away to a commercial hide next week and having never shot Kingfishers so I want to be sure I’m fully genned up on behaviour. The tech stuff isn’t an issue for me it’s useful for the for first timers. Excellent video and good to see a fellow veteran enjoying the peaceful life 😉
I appreciate the effort you put into this video. I'm still less than a year into wildlife photography and I have yet to capture the kingfisher. Subscribed.
Great great video, with a lot of good advices. And some real amazing shots. I am an Norwegian living in south Brazil, so the kingfishers here are very different from there. But i am sure that the techniques you are using there, also will work out great here. Thanks for all the good advices. Cheers, Bjoern
Thanks we live on the banks of the Banjar river at Kanha Tiger Reserve, we get so many Kingfisher on the Banjar, was really interested in your settings you use, Thank You 👌
Very informative. Just started photographing these beauties. Found an area where they are but is in a very dense area where light is poor. Best shutter speed I can get is around a 1000th and on auto iso that will be at least 6400 sadly. Am managing some decent portraits though
Thanks for sharing. Just wonder why you insisted on F/8 for the aperture. Was that for Dof? Is there a comparison between shots taken at the same focal length, same coverage, but one at f/8, and the other at f/5.6 or f/4? I understand that some times f/4 or f/2.8 is for fast AF, but is stepping down to f/8 for the shot necessary? Thanks!
Correct for DOF. There's too much emphasis on shooting wide open. It's all dependent on light. If there's little light you need to shoot wide open but if you have light you can close down and get a better DOF.
@@kevinhatleyphotography thats great info appreciate it! I cant afford the 100-500 but have the 100-400 and just got a 1.4x for it so hopefully I can get some more shots. Not worrying about the ISO too much will help me out. Cheers :)
Great information, Kevin - Question - Are you cropping the wide shot to get to the final image where the Kingfisher dominates the frame? Thanks again for your fine work.
Paul, using a full frame camera I always try to get the right composition but will in nearly all cases crop to get the image I want. However, the more you crop the more detail you will lose so getting it right in camera is the main aim. Thanks for your comment.
Now and first of all, I need a creek with a kingfisher population and no dog owners, joggers, whatsoever permanently walking around 😅
The best of luck with that! My problem is the fishermen want the same spot as both kingfisher and I want 🙄
Your photos are beyond impressive, but your experience and understanding even more so. Thank you for distilling your wisdom and sharing it with us!
Kevin thanks. Absolute superb photos of this mythical little bird. The females 'wear lipstick' :). Good one :). Easy to remember.
I saw one the exact moment my family and I arrived at a camping site along the Belgian Semois, last week. During the next few days, I spent several 4-hour sessions to spot another one. I did eventually run into luck, even if it landed at least 60 meters, 65 yards away in a tree on the opposite bank. I photographed lots of wagtails to have something on my hands while sitting in the waiting room. Believe me, it was time well spent :). They are great practice. So fast, while they pluck flies from the skies like berries :).
I only brought a tiny camo blanket with me. Thanks to your crash course I'm now aware that I need to hide much better. It seemed to me that the noise from people talking, sometimes yelling, drifting down the river in kayaks or inflated colorful stuff, scraping the riverbed, wasn't supporting my chances much, and I need to improve on location scouting a lot to say the least.
Nevertheless, these first sessions felt magical. Thank you for the great instructions.
BTW, my cam-settings checked yours completely (that part I got correct myself :) on a Nikon Z9, using a 100-400.
Great to hear you were successful & thanks for watching. Checkout my playlist on Field craft it could help & good luck.
Your photos are sensational! As a bird-in-flight fanatic myself, I love king fishers. I frequently visit our Kruger National park and smaller parks in South Africa in search of King fishers. I’ve only been lucky twice where I’ve been in a position to shoot from my vehicle a kingfisher diving in- and out of the water. Being in a park one is not allowed to be outside your vehicle and when you are parked on a bridge to finally get the photo of a life time, you have to move on as there are other cars waiting for you to move which is very frustrating! You seem to have the ideal spot. Thank you for sharing your magnificent photos.
Great advice, many thanks for sharing!
Your pictures are extraordinary and wonderful to see. Environment is obviously so important; and finding a bird family near enough to where you live, no doubt, helps a lot. Absolutely inspirational, thank you.
Great contents and what a beautiful images you got. The "Tale tell" tip is just great!!!
I watched this yesterday, hands down the best advice on RUclips for getting pictures of Kingfishers, hands down. I’ve been working through the rest of you equally great videos, thanks for the huge effort I know this must have taken 👏👏👏
One of the most informative Kingfisher videos on RUclips
Great video and beautiful images. Kingfishers are my favorite bird.
beautiful photos and thank you so much for showing how to photograph on kingfisher birds
Your perfect guidance for Kingfisher photography. 👍🏻
The kingfisher is the most beautiful bird in my region. It's always and adventure to search and photograph them. Thanks for sharing your tipps!
awesome photos and great tips! I love these birds
Hey Mr. Hatley, awesome shots of the kingfisher 👌 thank you for Sharing your experience. Greetings from Germany
The kingfisher images are bloody wonderful and many thanks for the tips...
Fabulous shots!…☺️ and great info. Thanks for sharing your passion and expertise 👍🏻
I’m so pleased I found your channel, keep up the good work Kevin.
Such remarkable images of a beautiful bird! Thank you for taking the time to share your photographing tips.
Thank you for your thorough insight into photographing Kingfishers. I enjoyed and learned a lot from this video.
Amazing images! I've just gotten into birds and discovered that there are kingfishers in my area. I haven't even seen one yet, but my wife did on our last trip out. She even got a good pic with her Canon powershot. I couldn't even see it. So, baby steps. Your tips here are super helpful! Thanks!
Great video with all the information needed to get great images of this amazing bird. Thanks for posting.
Perseverance has paid off in the end Kev. Nice one mate.
Well done Kevin excellent video most informative 👍
One of the best tutorials ever! Thanks and going to get me some Kingfishers today!
Thank you Kevin for an exciting and informative video. It is really inspirational thank you again.
Some of the best kingfisher pictures i've ever seen, well done. Brilliant video, such useful information, thank you.
Beautiful shots and very helpful tips Kevin. Thanks a lot!
Great tips and awesome images! Thank you!!
This is the best tutorial for photographing kingfishers.
THE BEST , tutorial!
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Thank you for the information on the Kinfisher. Will put to practice.
Awesome informative video. One of the best sharing all aspects. Thanks so nice!
I recently found a spot of great kingfisher. Sadly the only that allow to be close enough and got decent photos is very close to two wasps nests being under construction... I need verify which one are those (it is in Brazil) and see if it still wise to go there to get some nice pictures. I also got there a natural cover which limits the movement of camera/vision, but I was able there to sit/stand and take some shots with normal clothes, no tripod.
another fantastic video you are deserving all the followers and likes, o know you put a lot of work into these, see you out there soon great stuff. very refined product
Brilliant very useful information Kevin I’ve just subscribed so looking forward to watching more content 👏👏👏👍
Hi Kevin, superb video and didn’t know about tip #2 and the rehearsal before dive 🤦🏼♂️ I have a location with regular perch but often quite dull so 1/3200 and f8 bit challenging and screwing up my “in dive” shots - but thank you so much 👍🏻😎
good job, great video and thank you for sharing!
Super presentation. Very useful and thsnks for sharing
Great video and pictures, thanks 👍
Lovely....thank you for all the great tips...
Great presentation. Here in U.S. they look a little different but much the same. Keep up the good work!
Amazing video, thanks for sharing ! Gotta get myself some camo equipment
Enjoyed this Kev, memories of seeing them at Kingfisher Camp, Ripon. Keep it up mate. 👏
Thanks mate. Off to Chatham tomorrow for the weekend. Been 20 years since. Stay safe pal. REgards.
Loved watching this and you sure took some nice shots. Here in Belgium, we actually are having a period of seeing kingfishers all around the regular places. I must have taken more then 3000 photos in the past month of that beautiful bird. I love how you are not going into details of brand and stuff, wich only brings lots of unpleasant discussion. Looking forward to see more of your work.
Many thanks for your information great shots
great work
superb tutorial
Brilliant video Kevin, I looked at this video before I went to take some images. Sadly I had a bad day, 4000 images - 1/6400 sec. 30fps - auto ISO - F9. RAW. Can't believe I didn't get a single image pin sharp. Your videos help me a lot so need to do more research before my next go. Cheers
Gorgeous managed to get some really sharp my best ever shots of a kingfisher a few weeks ago on my 1st shoot with the rf100-500 on a R7 well chuffed how it allowed 3 of us to get within a few meters of it so really filled the frame and got really sharp water droplets on its back love it
Great to hear & read. Well done.
@@kevinhatleyphotography I just sent you couple of the pics on messenger 👍
Great video. A good friend of mine has captured some great shots of Kingfishers purched on the tip of his fishing rod 6 to 8 feet from him, but when fishing he doesn't take his camera for some reason, they were all taken on his phone.
This is so well presented Kevin, cheers mate! Subbed
Thanks mucker, the piece about pre-dive movements is invaluable….I’m away to a commercial hide next week and having never shot Kingfishers so I want to be sure I’m fully genned up on behaviour. The tech stuff isn’t an issue for me it’s useful for the for first timers. Excellent video and good to see a fellow veteran enjoying the peaceful life 😉
Trooper thanks for your comments & good luck with the kingfishers. Sapper "out"
Thanks for sharing your tips on photographing Kingfishers. Your images are fantastic!!
Glad you like them!
Fantastic video! Thank you Kevin, i learned a lot in this video! Cheers Dave
I appreciate your amazing knowledge of this Beautiful bird. I learned alot and I subscribed.
Thank You!
Thanks for subscribing.
Excellent video. Superb photographs.
Superb video. Really appreciate all the tips 🙌
fantastic and well put together video, the information shared will help so many in bettering their photography
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great advice, pre focussing on the water is a good idea, but how do you know where in the water?
I appreciate the effort you put into this video. I'm still less than a year into wildlife photography and I have yet to capture the kingfisher. Subscribed.
Just remember tip 1 Patience and I'm sure you will be rewarded. Good luck.
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Brilliant video. Thank you.
Great video Kev. I love these amazing birds!! And so enjoy trying to capture photos of them. Video was a real help. Tucker Jenkins 😉 Dirty 30👍
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Brilliantly informative and inspiring. Thank you.....I've got a way to go yet!
beautiful images Kevin and an excellent video. I learned a lot.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@kevinhatleyphotography A lot of wildlife photographers get caught up in the gear and forgot about the behavioural side of things.
Great video Kevin. Well done👍
Excellent and very informative, thanks…
You thought a few things even a technerd like myself well done 🙈
Fantastic video!
Fantastic - if very useful!
Thank you for your tips i will put them in to action and see how we get on Thank you again 👍👍👍👍
Great great video, with a lot of good advices. And some real amazing shots. I am an Norwegian living in south Brazil, so the kingfishers here are very different from there. But i am sure that the techniques you are using there, also will work out great here. Thanks for all the good advices.
Cheers, Bjoern
Thank you for sharing this, it’s very helpful & motivating.
nice, it helps a lot, thank you !
very impressive, thanks a lot !
great video and great shots
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks we live on the banks of the Banjar river at Kanha Tiger Reserve, we get so many Kingfisher on the Banjar, was really interested in your settings you use, Thank You 👌
Wow amazing images! You have 1 more Sub👍🏻
This was great, thanks
Great Video. Thanks for the Tips.
Bellissimo!! Ciao from Italy
Great informative blog Kevin good job mate
Very valuable tips. Thank you.
We’ll explained tutorial
Thx mate
This guy is right....background is a huge deal.
Very informative. Just started photographing these beauties. Found an area where they are but is in a very dense area where light is poor. Best shutter speed I can get is around a 1000th and on auto iso that will be at least 6400 sadly. Am managing some decent portraits though
Open up your aperture fully if not already that should increase your shutter speed.
Thank you for your great video! I like to take pictures of kingfisher. Greetings from Ukraine!
I'm glad you liked it. Stay safe.
@@kevinhatleyphotography Thank you Kevin! I'll try to stay safe.
Great my frend
Really good videos… Thank you!
Very very helpful-greetings from AUSTRIA (its not Australia)
Very helpful, thanks Kevin.
Very well presented and informative, great channel.
Much appreciated!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video, cant wait to try this out, are all the photos taken on eye contact please?
Yes, taken through the view finder. Anticipation & patience is the key. good luck.
Great video and very informative. Am a new sub to the channel. Looking forward for new episodes
Thanks and welcome
Thanks for sharing. Just wonder why you insisted on F/8 for the aperture. Was that for Dof? Is there a comparison between shots taken at the same focal length, same coverage, but one at f/8, and the other at f/5.6 or f/4? I understand that some times f/4 or f/2.8 is for fast AF, but is stepping down to f/8 for the shot necessary? Thanks!
Correct for DOF. There's too much emphasis on shooting wide open. It's all dependent on light. If there's little light you need to shoot wide open but if you have light you can close down and get a better DOF.
Awesome.
I also have an R5. What remote do you use?
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@@kevinhatleyphotography Thank you sir.
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awesome video mate, When you say auto ISO are you using the R5? Do you set a limit on the ISO? Many thanks
I use the R5 and set my auto ISO range from 100 up to 12500 I use DXO Pro 4 to manage noise in post processing. Thanks for watching.
@@kevinhatleyphotography thats great info appreciate it! I cant afford the 100-500 but have the 100-400 and just got a 1.4x for it so hopefully I can get some more shots. Not worrying about the ISO too much will help me out. Cheers :)
Great information, Kevin - Question - Are you cropping the wide shot to get to the final image where the Kingfisher dominates the frame? Thanks again for your fine work.
Paul, using a full frame camera I always try to get the right composition but will in nearly all cases crop to get the image I want. However, the more you crop the more detail you will lose so getting it right in camera is the main aim. Thanks for your comment.