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Published: 2007-03-21 18:52:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 2481; Favourites: 80; Downloads: 68
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It was sometime in late October last year that my cellphone beeped one lazy Sunday morning when I was still in bed. It was a message from a fellow bird photographer, who said "Ruddy Kingfisher has been spotted at the xxxxxxx Gardens. Come quick if you want to get it!!"Without further ado I sprang out of bed, grabbed a quick bite and my camera gear, flagged a cab down to the park, about 7 or 8 km away from my home. It was there that I had a close personal encounter with the breathtakingly beautiful Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda), a rare passage migrant to my country. Fortunately it hung around long enough for me to capture its beautiful ruddy orange-red plumage with a slight hint of purplish sheen. One of the most gorgeous kingfishers I have photographed so far!
Canon EOS 20D with 300mm f2.8L w/ 2x teleconverter, tripod mounted.
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Beautiful shot! 
I *just* missed one of these guys in Shanghai..
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This piece has been featured in my journal: [link]
enjoy!
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Thanks so much for the feature! Appreciate it.
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Your photography is absolutely stunning. You should have at least 1,000 Fav's on every photo. Although I personally added several to my Fav's List, I narrowed my selections down to this photo as my "most" Favorite of all. Why, when all of them were equally brilliant? I think it's because I loved the toenails on his right foot
I love your photography because you allow me to see details as tiny as that!
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This deviation has been chosen as a feature of the week
on *Word-worth-1000-pics which is a community project
promoting artists on dA.
It has been found from the word : "AWAY "
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This is amazing! I didn't even know this species existed. Beautiful, beautiful shot.
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Glad caught this at [link] and a fave of course
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Thanks, yes he (or is it she?) is a beauty. Amazing birds, kingfishers.
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Stunning capture of a stunning bird. You were lucky it waited around for you!
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Thanks! Yes, it was very approachable, and seemed not the least bit afraid.
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Those are truly the most significant and memorable photo, the ones with a story behind the shot, the ones that took so much effort to win. Well done indeed
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Awesome shot... incidentally, I was reading a magazine earlier where Andy Rousse (Forgot his exact spelling for his surname) was sharing his experience with shooting kingfishers in the UK.
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