Diving Kingfisher caught with 40D

[Jimmie]

http://gizmodo.com/5466520/diving-ki...y-is-all-about




click link to read about it and see setup.

[Thats Fresh]

reminds of that article for the guy who won a photo contest of a wild wolf jumping over the fence...

[Jimmie]

LOL.

I'm calling BS on the "setup" shot. Water was too murky in the tank....
but still...

[aggression]

I was thinking the same thing about the water looking like a dirty diaper was floatin in it...brown and murky for sure. The picture looks like a studio shot to me.

[Jimmie]

That's exactly my thoughts Jeremy.


Here's why...


any other bird, the feet and wings would be tucked. Think about seagulls and pelicans.

Also, look at the eyes. Eyes look blued, like a dead fish.

Why would the bird enter the water in such a poor form? The bird would have basically belly flopped...I don't see that as probable.


Now that I've analyzed this...I feel bad for posting this. haha.

[omega]

while i'm not contesting the photo's authenticity, i wonder where gizmodo got the exif data from. f/8 and 1/1000s requires a lot of light. :\