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(Alcedo atthis)
Fam.: Alcedinidae
ENG.: Kingfisher
ESP.: Martín pescador

Arroyo La Gitana
Córdoba. Spain
15 December 2019
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Photo story:
The story behind this series of pictures is something unique I lived yesterday. It was sunday and I prepared my rucksack and made my plans to spend many hours at the stream, planting lots of oak seeds and take photos. But the day went in another direction, so I spent some time at work, later cleaning up, cooking, taking care of my grandmother... I took launch tooo late and I was tired so went to cancel my plans to go to the stream, but something called me to go even though I was going to have very short time of sunlight. Couldn´t imagine something MAGICAL was waiting for me: the kingfishers appeared briefly giving me no chance to catch them. One appeared and gave me the chance of two shots. I wasn´t prepared to see it right in front of me. Then it went away. It was when sun was gone and light started to really fade away when a Magic blue angel came again to perch at the same tree branches over the water of the stream. Flew few times from one branch to another very slowly, like a hummingbird. It was so quiet that I was able to take my shutter speed as low as 1/20s to reduce noise. My Quiet Continuos 3fps was switched then to reduce noise. I tried many shutting modes, speeds, etc, with the fear it could notice of me and go away... BUT IT WAS THERE... EVERYTHING POINTED IT WAS GOING TO STAY THERE TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT. WOW! I understood soon it was going to be one of the most magical moments of my life. And it was so. I didn´t know what to do but didn´t want to disturb it anyway, so decided to stay there as much as possible. It was completely dark when I saw its blue back reflect from my phone light checking that it wasn´t disturbed by me to say goodbye. GOODNIGHT KING. THANKS!.
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Taken on: December 15, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D500, f/5.6, 1/20 sec, 260mm (=390mm), ISO 16000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D500
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.05 sec (1/20)
Focal Length:	260mm (35mm equivalent: 390mm)
ISO:	16000
Exposure Bias:	-5/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Soft
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Capture NX-D 1.5.3 W
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