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Published: 2018-02-10 20:22:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 3167; Favourites: 345; Downloads: 36
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That moment of happiness when you achieve one of your photo goals - who would not love common kingfishers?
In the Czech Republic, those marvelous birds are called "flying jewels" - for their beauty and amazing colors.
In the last years, there were quite many of them, in fact I managed to see some of them in the middle of the city or during my short walks. But the 2016/2017 winter was very cruel and majority of kingfishers which stayed in the country (some of them stay, other kingfishers spend winter in the warmer climate) died
This one was taken in Alpenzoo Innsbruck, but I really hope to shoot also the wild birds in the future
Not the best quality, but it is very difficult to photograph them even in captivity - they are incredibly shy
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I love kingfishers!! I'm not from the UK, so it's always a treat to see a picture of one, especially of such amazing quality. It's such a shame that the winters are so terrible for them. I hope you catch more!
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looks good wait is the beak photoshop it looks a little jagged
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no photoshop 
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Zbožňuju ty malé drahokamy.
Ahoj, je fajn potkat někoho od nás, ještě k tomu tak talentovaného.
(A ano, píšu česky jen abych popíchla ostatní 
Přeju hodně dalších úspěchů.
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ahoj, díky za milá slova - ledňáčcci jsou úžasní
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i love this pic! im so happy that i found your devianpage! cant there be like ``report for being too cute/cool``
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I once made a kingfisher as a kid in a (child) art form called ministeck (no english word for it) static.bartsmit.com/BLKCAS/960…
yesterday i finally saw one in the wild, it was very fast, almost looked like a blue streak flying by.
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Fantastic capture Woxys! Isn’t it great to achieve a goal?
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOOK AT THOSE COLORS.. foR a momento I was thinking it was painting.
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taky <3 moc mě mrzí, jak jejich stavy sťaly loňské mrazy
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ale prý s tím příroda počítá - a ledňáčci se údajně strašně rychle množí...
Jinak víš, proč se jim vůbec říká ledňáčci?
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Noo, vlastně ani nevím, povídej
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vlastně je to docela smutné
takže se utopí a zamrznou v ledu. Když pak někdo kus ledu vyseká, ledňáček je v něm krásně vidět - je to smutné i nádherné.
I proto je ledňáček německy Eisvögel (ledový pták).
Je to teda jedna teorie názvu, ale dává smysl.
Fotky, pokud chceš, tady: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/…
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díky za fotky, je to fakt smutný, i když krásný, svým způsobem.
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