P.g County Police Academy

: a matter of luck

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D300, 500 +1.7 X (850mm).

ISO 640, F6.7, 1 / 320.

time ago that I wanted to photograph this beauty of a species, and although he had sought so far had no luck.

These days ago and completely by chance I could make some shots.

aguanatar

After the rain for a few shots of bee-eater consegir gave me a walk around the Tietar looking for new areas where photographing birds, and what was my surprise when turning behind a bend in the road flew out of a post this personage. I had searched the area last spring in the mountains at a height, but never expected to find in the lower valley (about 600 meters) and only 4 or 5 miles from home!

There are days when luck was not with us but this morning everything was on my side: I always carry a backpack in the trunk of the 4x4 (I'm not much to photograph from the car) but due to bad road conditions put it in the passenger seat so that the bumps did not suffer much, because of that I got these images.

The light also helped. It was 14 h, in a normal day would have been tough.

And last but not least is that the bug did work. Let me throw 10 or 12 in the first host (although I like to be a fence. At least it's the craft of the old days), then landed on another post but rather nearer the bottom or the landlord were so aesthetic. See if you like.

just got more beautiful creature!