Mario Cea's image of a diving kingfisher has won this year's People's Choice Award!
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: People's Choice winner 2017
Almost 25,000 votes were cast, and it was Mario's shot....."The blue trail"
that emerged as favourite....
What makes it even more special is that the general public decides.....
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I am a great fan of high-speed technology and using flash to freeze movement.....
to capture special movement ........that it is almost invisible.......
imperceptible to the human eye....
I have been going down to the pond to work on this for five to six months.....
I'd probably say about 5,000 attempts.....
I have heard of another wildlife photographer who took about 20,000 attempts......
to capture a similar kingfisher image. .....I have to say it didn't take me that many!
Capturing an image of a kingfisher in a flawlessly!....
straight dive....... is known for being difficult to achieve......
enjoy!
an amazing picture from the: Wildlife Photographer of the Year: People's Choice winner 2017
BY: Mario Cea, from Spain.....
close up of the kingfisher.......the blue trail can be seen in the picture above! (after 5000 tries!) :-)
