The light was absolutely perfect at around 8 this morning. I was a bit latter than normal due to a 'heavy night" last night!   There was a heavy dew in the air and it's not often that the sun is shining as nicely as it was this morning. I took my hot mug of coffee with me to the brook and I was  sat in there drinking it when the KF joined me  to eat her breakfast, a little Stickleback.  I quickly grabbed the camera and snapped away. Because the light was so good, the camera was working in an ideal way with around 1600th of a second and an aperture of 5.6. This meant that I was not only freezing the action, I had good depth of field as well,  most images were going to be sharp and all the bird in focus.  Light……… so important in photography. If it's good it just makes success that much easier to achieve.  She stayed for just as long as it took her to swallow this comparatively  little fish and then off she went again, like a turquoise missile. She rocketed off down stream to catch even more fish no doubt, leaving me to drink my, still hot, coffee which I did and then left to come home for my late breakfast. It doesn't get any better or more simple to be honest.   

I have been getting some real recognition for my Kingfisher photographs  this last 2 weeks and I am enjoying the opportunity to share my pictures with people all around the world.