Purple Swamphen portrait

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Captured this guy a few months ago. They are rather handsome with the big bill and lovely plumage. Forgot to mention, I deliberately left the muck on the bill. He was feeding after all and no one taught him how to clone his own bill for the photographer. :o

30D, 300/1.4x, HH, ISO500, f/8, 1/200th, -1/3EC, 80% FF,

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Akos, what a handsome bird indeed. Superbly sharp, and I love the comp. BG and detail are excellent too.
Did you make one with more DOF? (I know you were hand holding!)

[Harshad Barve]

Whats not to like Akosbhai , Killer image
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

Akos,

Fabulous image, I agree with your decision to not clone out the "dirt", if you had not mentioned it I would not have known it was there.

[Mital Patel]

amazing image akosbhai. you also forgot to mention its legs. i just loved those long toe's. ;) here its really difficult to get this such close .. loved it all the way

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful details,bg,eye contact!

[Pieter de Waal]

Superb portrait Akos, great detail ,sharpness and exposure.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice details and colours, and I'm OK with the dirty bill here too. I'd have referred you point your lens more to the right by a couple of inches, but still an effective portrait. Well done Akos!

[Stu Bowie]

Tack, tack sharp Bro, and yes, these guys have wonderful colours in good light. Good job on those reds too. Fine capture mate.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Akos, where do I get a 300 f1.4 lens :p

Superb head shot. Loved the bill texture and black details. Perfect HA and green BG going very well with the red.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Akos, where do I get a 300 f1.4 lens :p

I think you meant 1.4x. I apologise...honest mistake.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks everyone for looking and the comments.

Yes KD, 1.4x..... :cool:

Sidarth
I should have cranked the ISO to 800 and lean the histogram right (to minimize noise) and I could have gotten a bit more. I was not game to drop to 1/100th.

Daniel, you are right, I keep thinking to keep the eye at the upper right ROT point, whereas it probably does not really matter. :)

Mital
I have some chicks with extremely HUGE legs, may post one soon. They are funny! As if they had someone else's feet! :)

[Marc Mol]

Tack, tack sharp Bro, and yes, these guys have wonderful colours in good light. Good job on those reds too. Fine capture mate.

Stuart took the words right outta my mouth!
Nice one bro Akos

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great details captured Akos Bhai.. loved the colours too..

[Dan Brown]

Amazing detail and nice BG Akos! Good work getting low also.

[James Salywoda]

Gorgeous Shot!!! Excellent detail and fantastic background.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful sharp details Akos. Nice color tones too!

[Humberto Ramos]

Great portrait, nice composition and BG, for me is just perfect...