Water Rail

[Lesley van Loo]

These are great birds and finally I could make a serie that I like.
I made this with my new camera: a second hand canon 1D MK IIN.

soon more of this bird and a Woodcock on: www.ltdphoto.com

exif: iso 400, -0.3, F8, 1/1000

[Peregrine Craig Nash]

Lesley I really like this, not easy, considering they are birds that skulk and I like the fact it is walking down hill.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wonderful alert pose and I like the action you captured in this image. Beautiful BG with great complimentary colors. A vertical might be a nice option for this image too. Thanks for sharing.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi lesley,
Cool bird, nice perch with the snow and all, and very nice walking pose. I would try to increase the midtone contrast in the bird a bit as it looks a bit flat on my monitor, also selectively increasing saturation of the iris would probably give a little more impact. Otherwise beautiful clean shot of this lovely bird.

[Simon Bennett]

Excellent pose and detail.

[Anita Rakestraw]

Another cool bird I've not seen before, Lesley. I too love the pose you took. Agree that slightly lightening the midtones and adding a bit of contrast would improve this image.

[Lesley van Loo]

thanks for your comments.

what does:

lightening the midtones

mean, what happens when you do this?

kind regards Lesley

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, details and striding pose. I wish for a lower angle and would give it a bit more space. It might also work as vertical crop.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great light, lovely pose, amazing BG, strong detail and very good composition. Congratulaitons!