Purple Gallinule

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Purple Gallinule feeding on Fire Flag blossoms Monday morning at Circle B Bar Reserve. Not the purest background but unless they feed or climb on stalks that overhang the water the background is vegetation too close for separation. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 1100 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation

[Isaac Grant]

Really nice pose, colors and image quality on this shot. I know how hard it is to get a shot of one of these guys out in the open. I think that the large dried whitish leaves don't make for the most appealing backgrounds in this case.

[John Whaley]

Beautiful colors with fine feather detail, a bright clear eye and IQ. The seeds in the beak add to the image.

[William Dickson]

Lovely bird Joe and well captured. The bird look real good, with nice feather detail. The BG is too busy and takes the eye away from the subject.

Will

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful bird in habitat.

Regards,
Satish.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful bird well captured, Joe. This is quite a nice angle showing the different colors in the feathers, beak and head. You've even managed to get those large feet in. This is his behavior in his habitat.

Geoffrey




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