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    I am way behind on processing any avian images, so I thought I'd get to this one taken in February 2012 .

    I was lucky to snap some frames of this normally shy character skirting across the water from a hide I was stationed in at the Marievale Wetlands near Johannesburg.

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    f7.1 | 1/3200 SS | ISO-2500
    Crop from all sides for framing (I chose to go with the splash-trail behind rather than more space in front)
    About 75% of the original image
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    Beautiful color and habitat Morkel.
    I assume you had no room on the left?
    The non traditional comp works fine, but I would have preferred more left and less right.
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    Thanks Dan. Have more room on the LHS, but I didn't want to crop out the splashes it made along the way. A taste thing, I would think
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    Like the habitat and the colours, Morkel. I'm behind bot not so bad lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl Egressy View Post
    Like the habitat and the colours, Morkel. I'm behind bot not so bad lol.
    It's all those darn elephants and lions that keep me occupied

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    I'm always behind myself. Just so much to shoot all the time:). I think I would have preferred room to the left for this one Morkel. I'm with you on leaving the water trail, I just don't see much of one here. The birds pose is good as is the detail and exposure.

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    I'm OK with the crop, I actually would not mind a tad more at right for the splash near the edge. I like the reedy habitat (I may tone down the brighter ones) and the colours look really good.

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    Great exposure work, the greens/darks are so clean at this iso! I think the space between the splash on the right edge and the bird is intriguing....quite the run/jumping distance. The bird itself is gorgeous and well lit. Great action capture sir.

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    I love the inclusion of the splashes, the swamp hen looks very similar to our swamp hen may be a shade or 2 darker than ours
    Those feet are always fun to watch

    Backlog no i dont want to talk about it, look at something i posted something from last year a few days back

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