Did I fall into a lagoon yesterday? Yes. Am I going back even though I have to be in LA in several hours? Also yes. 🪶 - ThreadSky

banditelli.org • 107 days ago

Did I fall into a lagoon yesterday?

Yes.

Am I going back even though I have to be in LA in several hours?

Also yes. 🪶

Comments

gettoknownature.bsky.social•106 days ago

Oops! I hope you're ok. And the camera too! But this is gorgeous

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Ya I'm great considering NEWS

gettoknownature.bsky.social•106 days ago

Agh. Yeah that's the caveat from now on isn't it? But I'm glad other things are going well barring falling in a lagoon!

redsonja.bsky.social•105 days ago

This is a gorgeous composition.

redletter.bsky.social•106 days ago

That’s one way to find out if the camera and lens are really weather sealed

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Luckily it was a slip into water. Real close call but best case scenario in the end https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3lam7fhbvls2t

redletter.bsky.social•106 days ago

Very lucky! I’ve dropped my xt4 onto pavement and thankfully it’s still trucking along

alexahawaii.bsky.social•107 days ago

Always searching for a fish 🐟🌺

cool2bkind.bsky.social•106 days ago

Love herons.

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Get fucked, lagoon. I have come for your bounty!

kakeeweezie.bsky.social•106 days ago

Well done!!

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Oh just wait for it. Got the best shots I could ask for giving the conditions. I hope. Going home now to edit.

kakeeweezie.bsky.social•106 days ago

I’ll be on the lookout!

paulrfoth.bsky.social•106 days ago

Also my morning motto when I go out birding

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Got a little excited there. Sorry, love you lagoon. ❤️❤️

banditelli.org•106 days ago

BREAKING: After nearly 3 years of nature photography, possibly over 1000 outside adventures, and far more than 2 million shots taken, this morning I finally got decent in flight shots of a belted kingfisher. #birds

watcatzebulon.bsky.social•106 days ago

Belted Kingfisher was my nemesis bird for the last year, took me 8 months to actually see one. Excellent shots!

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Ya, this is the 3rd one I've gotten locked on, first in flight. 9 months after the first one I got a decent shot of. https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3kkcfrlmon22u

remymac.bsky.social•106 days ago

Excellent work Brett

beaglemom.bsky.social•106 days ago

Wow!

gr8nanjan.bsky.social•106 days ago

And mighty fine shots they are. What a beautiful bird.

ziggypopdlh.bsky.social•106 days ago

Gorgeous!

trishpaton.bsky.social•104 days ago

The shot against the moon is superb, but I love the second & third here because the colour of the underwing shots - the light markings look so close to the sky’s blue it’s as if there were transparent or cutouts! Fantastic!

banditelli.org•104 days ago

Different bird, somewhat hard to get this angle with the moon one, maybe someday!

trishpaton.bsky.social•104 days ago

Happenstances of lighting are so often spoilers, but every now and then one goes a very cool way!

alisonborealis.bsky.social•106 days ago

Quick, Brett! Fall in the lagoon again! You need to balance out this amazing luck in a safe way! 😋

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Lmfao I believe this bird will have its revenge

alisonborealis.bsky.social•106 days ago

On the list of birds as deities, I think Kingfishers rank fairly high, if only because they are so set against being perceived in ways that other people would believe you have seen anything more than a weird shadow.

zulfihai.bsky.social•106 days ago

Stunning.

carlbergstrom.com•106 days ago

Hardest North American bird.

banditelli.org•106 days ago

🫡

lolat42.bsky.social•106 days ago

Celebrations are in order!

banditelli.org•106 days ago

BIRD PARTY

taenia.bsky.social•106 days ago

She's gorgeous 😍

thehamofficial.bsky.social•105 days ago

OHH I used to have one of those living near my house, we would see them on the powerlines almost every time we went out. Love their little crown 🥺. These are amazing shots!

banditelli.org•105 days ago

That's very cool

chimaera.bsky.social•86 days ago

Those are gorgeous. I saved some to paint from.

banditelli.org•86 days ago

awesome, ill be sure to send you when i get my banger kingfisher shot!

chimaera.bsky.social•86 days ago

Brett, bangers achieved!

faineg.bsky.social•106 days ago

Wow!

photosteve.bsky.social•106 days ago

👏 great shots!

itssarapearl.bsky.social•106 days ago

Beautiful

winston-chucho.bsky.social•106 days ago

Absolutely love those birds, when flying they sound like a bird machine gun doing fly by little chirp-squeaks.

banditelli.org•106 days ago

haha yes i hope i can get good audio of it someday

planalp.bsky.social•106 days ago

Every feather! These are beautiful!

skullcrysto.bsky.social•106 days ago

Gorgeous shots!

jimvan.bsky.social•106 days ago

That’s breathtaking!

geographile.bsky.social•106 days ago

They live where I live, but I'm not a photographer, and I have never taken gorgeous photos of them like that.

photosapphicmegs.bsky.social•105 days ago

Beautiful shots.

infamousm.bsky.social•86 days ago

These are incredible!

knittingknots.bsky.social•106 days ago

Very nice. Glad it finally happened!

alans9.bsky.social•106 days ago

Kingfishers are HARD to image. They don't like to be seen by people.

fadedrosie.bsky.social•106 days ago

Gorgeous!!

fiz.bsky.social•98 days ago

banditelli.org•98 days ago

Ikr

sergiospototo.com•106 days ago

Amazing 😍 great patience 😆

betsycooley.bsky.social•106 days ago

Those are stunning, Brett! Congratulations! ✨🤩✨

banditelli.org•106 days ago

thanks!

eco-manzanita.bsky.social•106 days ago

Look at her rows of flight feathers! Remarkable flying machine.

brianbeker.bsky.social•106 days ago

Absolutely terrific. That first one is WOW.

zaphodbeeblebr0x.bsky.social•106 days ago

Congrats! These are great

alexahawaii.bsky.social•106 days ago

Patience paid off! Beautiful photos. Thank you 😊. ✌️🌺🕊️

melodijoadela.bsky.social•106 days ago

Really beautiful images. Belted kingfishers are so quick and averse to humans! It's an amazing feat to have captured them so well in flight. Quite stunning.

afroburrito.bsky.social•106 days ago

Stunning!

cbellecats.bsky.social•106 days ago

Wow, stunning.

vladadog.bsky.social•106 days ago

These are really lovely

banditelli.org•106 days ago

im so psyched to get more of them, i know its water flight path and might be able to setup a tripod and catch it flying by with manual focus. THE. DREAM.

watchinthesky.bsky.social•106 days ago

Awesome!

mycotae.bsky.social•106 days ago

These are amazing! I never managed to get a good shot of a kingfisher- they're always blurry blobs.

enceladusty.bsky.social•106 days ago

These are incredible

foxfirefey.bsky.social•106 days ago

I hope @edyong209.bsky.social gets to see this

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Oh I can totally show him where this bird is once he's down in LA county again. I think he has a 600 mm Prime and to get even better shots

foxfirefey.bsky.social•106 days ago

Oh how wonderful!

gridflay.bsky.social•106 days ago

Amazing! Well done 👏

relfal.bsky.social•106 days ago

Beautiful! Just gorgeous.

drowsylynx.bsky.social•106 days ago

Amazing!! I've had trouble taking shots of a perched Belted Kingfisher so I can only imagine how exhilarating that was!

banditelli.org•106 days ago

This one has been a real journey, but now that I know it's patterns I can get even better shots when the sun is right

azgibsonz.bsky.social•106 days ago

Congrats Brett!

crestwood.bsky.social•105 days ago

Fucking awesome!

vashetc.bsky.social•106 days ago

Wow!

lonelysandperson.bsky.social•106 days ago

I don't think anyone tagged @tkingfisher.com on this yet, I hope?

banditelli.org•106 days ago

oddly not lol

banditelli.org•106 days ago

This was taken with a 100-400, one of those occasions I think the light is good enough that an 800mm prime would be better than a 600. I set the manual ISO to 250 because I knew it would be flying into it. Probably took 4 hours of scouting this, and today I got lucky and it took the perfect path.

toadlily.bsky.social•106 days ago

I love it when a plan comes together!

Seriously, we've got belted kingfishers in our back yard & I've never gotten a decent photo of one.

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Can you setup your camera on a remote trigger?

banditelli.org•106 days ago

Let it never be said I can't keep to a theme. Which doesn't bode well for fuck the bosses 2025. https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3l5nu56bmks2s

banditelli.org•105 days ago

I'm a blast at parties.