Eurasian Coot

[Rob Drummond]

I visited a local pond while in Melbourne but wasn't able to get low enough to be happy with birds on the water so I waited until they used some of the submerged logs.

1D2n 500/f4
ISO 400 f8 1/1250 exp comp -2/3

cheers
Rob

[Clement Francis]

Very nice on the exposure and sweet shot

[Mital Patel]

thats a crisp shot. beautiful pose and everything goes with the coot. TFS. first time seeing the legs in this form. truly awesome catch.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful shot , lovely exposure and raised leg adds much here , killer BG
TFS

[Doug Brown]

Very nice image Rob! Exposure is excellent and sharpness is top-notch. Throw in a great stretching pose, good eye contact, an interesting perch, and a lovely green BG and you have a winner!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Great looking coot. The raised foot makes this one for me. Very nice image with a lovely bird and BG. Congrats.

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet looking pose and light. Love the rock. Expo is spot on.
It is always funny to see their huge looking legs.

[Stu Bowie]

Rob, excellent exposure on those blacks, and love the stretching pose. Pin sharp, and what a great OOF BG. Well captured.

[Chris Baker]

Yep, they've said it all, great detail, sharp, nice light, great shot

[David Fletcher]

Super shot Rob. Great light and pose too. WD!

[Simon Bennett]

I'ts hard to make a coot look good but you certainly done that here. All round fine image, especially like the raised rear foot.

[Arthur Morris]

Killer bird, pose, EXP, and sharpness. Love the stretched wing. Bummer about the stuff blocking the foot on the log. The bill would surely benefit from a Linear Burn. Maybe a large one.

[Sid Garige]

Excellent exposure control and details. Wonderful comp. Excellent image.

[Arthur Morris]

I gotta be nuts. I am flying to Dayton, OH tomorrow for a program and have not packed a thing yet....

Yikes.

IAC, took the crud off the toes (with a series of warped Quick Masks) and did a Linear Burn on the bill and shield. Even added two joints from the good toes.... All as described in Digital Basics and APTATS I.

[Mital Patel]

dear artie. nice work on the bg but somehow i found that you missed the line at the white tip on head. and the black line is clearly visible there.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Mital. You are indeed correct. And I was tired