Diving Kingfisher Caught With Canon 40D Shows What Nature Photography Is All About

I stumbled across an amazing photo of a kingfisher diving for its dinner, taken by photographer Adrian Groves with a Canon 40D camera. Though I can no longer show you here due to copyright issues...

Groves set up a tank of minnows as bait, camouflaged with some netting, and then hid out, waiting for the kingfisher to appear. When it finally did, the Canon 40D (with a 70-200f2.8L IS lens, set at f/8, 1/1000 seconds) managed to shoot the kingfisher diving for a feed. I can't stop looking at it—the orange feathers make it look like it's on fire.

Now I want a 40D. And a pet kingfisher. [TrekNature via Telegraph and Daily Mail]

UPDATE: images had to be removed due to copyright issues, but you can click over here if you want to see them all.

Send an email to Kat Hannaford, the author of this post, at khannaford@gizmodo.com.

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