Kingfishers
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As promised yesterday here are some more kingfishers from an outing to Gosforth Nature Reserve
They are such beautiful birds aren’t they?
You can see yesterdays kingfisher here
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Helen's Photomania Blog 
Wow! What kind of lens are you using, and fast shutter speed?
Priscilla these were taken in 2018 and before I hade my 300mm lens so I am pretty sure I was using my 40-150mm lens with a 1.4 converter, ISO speed – 2500, F stop – F- 9 and exposure time of 1/5000 second.. Hope that helps. I am hopeless at the technical stuff !
Not at all hopeless – your results prove it!
Great shots Helen, thought to myself , haven’t heard of that reserve around here. Then I found it in Newcastle! Happy new year to you lots of road trips and photography
Thank you Gary and the same to you.. It’s a lovely reserve
such beautiful photos, have only managed to see a fleeting glimpse of one before, the colours are stunning
So glad you like them Eileen
Awesome shots.
Thank you
We only get the Belted Kingfisher where I live. They have a fabulous crest but are not nearly as pretty in color. Your photos are gorgeous! I believe no matter their color, they’re extremely sassy and territorial, so I get to see our local one often when he loudly announces himself flying up and down the river. LOL
We actually had a belted kingfisher ( or still have) in part of the UK at the moment.. The birders are going mad trying to spot it ! . It’s a much bigger bird than our common kingfisher which is anything but “common”
Wow, fabulous shots, Helen. Really gorgeous
Thank you Rose.. I cannot believe I took these in 2018 and only just processing them now !! I take too many photos