Having recently replaced my remote shutter release assembly I wanted to check out the new one for working distance so off I went early AM to Millpool to use the assembly to work at a distance of around 75m from a fishing post used by a very shy female Kingfisher, Selection of camera and lens settings all need careful preset consideration and in this case with low light levels and shadows I set the camera tripod at the closest possible working distance of around 10m from the post, Added a 1.4 converter to my 500mm f4 lens for full frame images, Camera settings were F5.6, 1250th sec and Auto ISO set to a max of ISO 6400 I also used -2/3rds of a stop compensation to keep shutter speeds high while accepting a little more noise from the ISO within the images, The female Kingfisher is not resident at Millpool but shows up on around 20% of the occasions that I work in this area and then its a question of which tree stump that she selects to fish from, Today was a good one as she turned up on my selected stump within ten minutes of my arrival, No fish caught on this occasion but a photogenic kingfisher portrait taken this close will on most occasions produce a few dramatic images without props. I was pleased with the portraits images posted below and glad to see that all was well with my new remote shutter assembly, Happy Days !!
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