Diving kingfisher in Scotland

I headed off up to Scotland today to try out my friend Alan’s new diving kingfisher set-up in Dumfrieshire. The forecast said it would brighten in the afternoon, and to be fair, we had some milky sunshine, but generally the sky was cloudy. This meant I had to shoot at 2500 ISO or 3200 ISO to ensure I got a shutter speed of over 1/3000 in order to freeze the bird’s wings. I know the camera manufacturer’s claim up to 25000 ISO as noiseless but in reality, while it might get you an image, it’s not the same as shooting at 200 ISO! So, the upshot is I will have to go back when the  light is better. The first shot below is a composite of a series of images of the kingfisher leaving the tank and flying off after an unsuccessful dive! For the record, I shot all the images here with the legendary Nikkor 200 f/2 :¬)

You can book your exciting kingfisher session at Scottish Photography Hides and mention Wildscenes for a £10 booking  discount