Big Foot is real!

[Richard Unsworth]

See I can prove it!

Moorhen chick captured today at my local Wetland Centre

cute cute cute

very slight NR bit of curves and crop about 25 off

Lie flat on stomach, 7D 100-400 @ 320 ISO 400 1/2000 f 5.6
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[Karl Egressy]

Excellent find and beautiful capture. The only thing I wish for; to not have the dark in the background above the bird.
Obviously it was a given.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks Karl

yes it is actually shadows on the path
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[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.Loved the cute one with great details.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the red bill providing a dab of colour among the blacks and grays! Nice pose with a perfect HA. Good to go down low too! I agree about the black shadow above, and wish the far leg wasn't so dark. Very cute!

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks all

Daniel - heres a question for you if you dont mind.
When I upload to BPN I always notice a significant darkening of the jpegs; happens with all my posts. Since this is not likely to be a problem at that end any ideas?
My monitor is perfectly calibrated on grayscale/brightness and I am pretty sure all my color space settings are correct, and since members all see the darkened image, what else can I look for?

repost has image brightened with curve adjustment
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[jack williamson]

Look! There is a bird on top of those feet! This is a real cool image, love the color of the bill and the repost looks a little better.

Jack

[christopher galeski]

very nice image,agree with Daniel's critic.

[Robert Holguin]

Great shot. I really like the walking pose, excellent detail, and those are some big feet at such a young age.
Well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Repost surely better tonality-wise. Had you been sitting you would have avoided the merge of the head with the dark BKGR....