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[Lepus]

A moment to remember , I was at the edge of a lake , photographing Grebes . When this Kingfisher landed so close , I had to lean back , as it was closer than the minimum focus distance of my 400 prime . Moments of frustration , wondering why it wouldn`t focus , think I was lucky to get it at all in the end .

Kingfisher 400D by Mark Powter, on Flickr

[Stan]

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great to have a kingfisher too close , your 400D used to do very well

Stan

[the black fox]

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Super shot mark

[Nathaniel]

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Lucky man. I am still to see one in UK!

[EOS_User]

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Wow... right place, right time. You did well to react quickly without scaring the KF away... I would have been ecstatic! Well done.

[Trev B]

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Lucky you Mark - very nice shot

[@imagesBV]

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Fabulous!

[Jacqueline]

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Beautiful.

[haydnj]

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buy a lottery ticket while your luck's in, what a smasher.

[pelliott1954]

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Wonderful, lovely colours and sharp, like Nat I have never seen one

Regards Paul

[Lepus]

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Thanks for all the kind words , glad you enjoyed the photo and the story behind it .