I went for a walk along my creekbank this afternoon.
This male Satin Flycatcher was darting about on the other side of the creek catching insects, his blue-black feathers flashing in the shafts of sunlight.
I spotted 2 Azure Kingfishers in a tree to my right, I stopped and waited for them to move into the open, meanwhile the Flycatcher landed on a branch about 5 meters to my right.
I had to clamp my knees around a tree trunk and lean out over the dropoff to try and get a clear shot between the branches and vines, it was in shade so my iso was at my upper limit (3200), I also had to lower the shutter speed down to 1/320th while handholding the Tamron @600mm.
Not ideal, but I'll take what I can get.
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This male Satin Flycatcher was darting about on the other side of the creek catching insects, his blue-black feathers flashing in the shafts of sunlight.
I spotted 2 Azure Kingfishers in a tree to my right, I stopped and waited for them to move into the open, meanwhile the Flycatcher landed on a branch about 5 meters to my right.
I had to clamp my knees around a tree trunk and lean out over the dropoff to try and get a clear shot between the branches and vines, it was in shade so my iso was at my upper limit (3200), I also had to lower the shutter speed down to 1/320th while handholding the Tamron @600mm.
Not ideal, but I'll take what I can get.
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