Captured this Kookaburra capturing this small baby lorikeet and then taking up into branches and smacking hard against the tree branch-the noises was very loud.I think kookaburra's believe in the maxim 'Over kill is better than under kill',I quickly manouvered into the best position.Used manual mode-the trees leaves kept shading and then moving to allow sun light on him,so I had to work the settings-eventually settled on F 5.6 speed 640 and iso 400,and aimed for his eye to get the all important eye glint,I was lucky to have time to change focus point and grab more shots.Just amazing stuff to see with your own eyes!
Hope these are of interest-thanks for looking,Cheers Chris
wow, what a moment to capture. And boy didn't you captured it well. Poor little fella though - what a miserable end
As a matter of interest, do the kookaburras eat them? Anybody know?
Ah-that's noth'en-you wait till I get over to the Phillipines with my 900mm F2.8 canon and 5DV and capture a Monkey eating Eagle,with prey (gotta have some fantasy in life).
Glad you enjoyed the capture.cheersBTW yes they eat small birds.
Stunning shots Chris. Beautifully documented - a tasty meal and a miserable end at the same time. I suppose overkill is a good idea if you routinely catch snakes. Saw a Kooka eating a baby Brown snake at our place the other day.
To quote Monty Python "it's a dead parrot, an ex-parrot, it ceased to be"... such is nature.
I believe kookas are the largest of the kingfisher family and capable of eating quite large prey compared to its body size.
Well done Chris.
Bo
The first two images look like they were over-exposed and have been pulled back in post. If not, not sure how to explain the flatness on the kookaburra's body. The rest of the scene doesn't suffer from the same flatness.
Fascinating moment, though. I feel for the baby lorikeet!
The first two images look like they were over-exposed and have been pulled back in post. If not, not sure how to explain the flatness on the kookaburra's body. The rest of the scene doesn't suffer from the same flatness.
Fascinating moment, though. I feel for the baby lorikeet!
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Good pick up H,I felt the same after I saw these PP'ed images,and was not entirely happy.I re worked them,and felt better with results,thanks for your view point.
Yes,thanks all for feed back from those who left comment.
Just got word from my agent in the U.K,these images and the story are
creating some interest-see links.
(gotta have some fantasy in life
BTW yes they eat small birds.
I used to feed them minced meat they would land on my hand and chomp it up nom nom nom. So a baby bird would be no different!
