Purple Gallinule
D200 / 200 - 400 VR @ 330 mm
1/1000s f/5.0 iso200
hand held, natural light, slight crop
Taken almost 2 yrs ago, with the help of my buddy Jack Rogers.
Lakeland, Florida.
I wish I had the original file, it is on a hard drive that "someone" dropped 2x,
along with 6 months of work, not backed up... please back up your files!!
Last edited by Raymond Barlow; 12-07-2009 at 12:37 AM.
Sweet shot Ray, I haven't gotten this guy yet, nice exposure and I like the foot up!
Ray this is really good image. We call them "Purple Swamphen" in india. truly a vibrant and shy bird here.
This is a different species than the bird in Asia, Europe and Africa which is quite a bit larger and more robust than our North American bird.
Raymond, Beautiful pose w/ the raised foot. Very nice exposure and sharpness. I might tone down the one light grass behind the bird. Sorry to hear about the raw file. Love seeing these birds w/ such nice details. Fantastic image!
nice looking bird with beautiful angle,pose,details,colors...I would prefer to clone the OOF grass to the bg
I like the angle, walking pose, eye contact and sharpness and would tone down the tail a bit. I'm sorry to hear that you lost lots of files.
Hey Raymond,
One of my favorite birds!....and you got this shy creature out in the open!!!....I agree with Denise on the grass above the head....very nicely done!
Smashing good image Raymond. I don't know if I have seen an image of one of these fellas with this much detail in the feathers. The raised leg and pleasing habitat make this one sweet shot. Well done!!
Crispy clear shot with a lot of details. You we quite close too, and that helps explains it, but your lens/camera combo and your technique were also good.
beautiful image , looks like close cousine of Purple Morrhen we have here ,
Sorry to hear about you loss and lesson for all of us to learn
TFS
Way to go Ray..very sharp, true colors, raised leg....all make it a winner. Hope we all survive Wed....
thanks for the suggestions!
Wow Bhai, great image, the repost works for me, The pose make this image work so well.. congrats..
repost looks better
TFS
Repost looks great.
Sweet image Ray I love the surrounding habitat and raised foot excellent shot....
Hey Ray, good to see your images again (I have been out of town for a while :p)
I like the pose of the bird a lot, the BG is a bit distracting but what I like the most on this image is the superb quality of the feather´s texture with those different hues, really beautifull :)
Love the repost and it's a shame to hear about your hard drive. Lovely bird and environment.
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