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Taken last April. Wished it wasn't on concrete road but this is one shy fella.
Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator fasciata, Philippine endemic race)
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
40D, 400 f/5.6, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, manual exposure, major crop, $2 foldable chair support :bg3:
http://markrgli.smugmug.com/Philippi...G5083ws-XL.jpg
You are so low that it looks like a sandy path. Cropping half off the bottom and a bit from behind the bird would improve this. Wicked bird with a good head angle for the pose and a good EXP.
Neat bird! Looks like a cross between a quail and a rail! I agree with the comp suggestion, and I wols also smooth out the longish BG lines in front of the face. Great low angle which nicely minimized the concrete ground.
What a cool bird, Mark, and you've captured a great pose. Love the super low angle. I really couldn't tell that it's concrete. Did look like a quail born to a rail to me too :)
