Purple Swamphen

Gallery: AvianPosted January 31, 2011131 views17 comments

Not quite as active as Nates last week. This was another bird that strated feeding in the flooded paddock. It was using its foot to strip grain by pulling the stem through the toes with it bill and catching the individual grains in the V between the toes.

1d2n 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 400 f8 1/800 exp comp -1/3 tripod under Kwik camo

cheers
Rob

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on January 31, 2011 at 8:03 AM

Nice details n pose here, they are known as Purple Moorhen in India.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 31, 2011 at 8:14 AM

Great low angle, natural colors, pose, light and setting Rob. Love the details in the plumage shown here, especially the darks. Excellent exposure. Well done.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on January 31, 2011 at 8:42 AM

Nice low angle and the colors of the bird really stand out.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on January 31, 2011 at 9:52 AM

Very nice shot of a beautiful colorful bird, Rob. I like it very much.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on January 31, 2011 at 10:06 AM

Rob,
great angle, exposure control, pose and detail. I like everything here.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 31, 2011 at 10:07 AM

Very nice indeed - especailly the low perspective, leg forward pose and head-turn. Very crips presentation too.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 31, 2011 at 10:34 AM

I like everything I see here Rob - angle, exposure, pose and colors especially. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 31, 2011 at 11:55 AM

Tack sharp as usual Rob. It really is a nice low look at this bird. Great light, exposure, and DOF. Well done again.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on January 31, 2011 at 12:32 PM

Best Purple Swamphen that I've seen! Great job!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 31, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Wonderful job Rob. One gets a great sense of the bird's environment in this low angle shot. You timed the head turn very well. Beautiful colors in this species, I see you have resisted over saturating them.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 31, 2011 at 3:07 PM

Interesting bird and color scheme with the red beak, black head, dark blue neck, white tail and pink feet. I really like the way you get your low angles, excellent shot.

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Comment posted by David Williams on January 31, 2011 at 5:56 PM

All the goodness of the photo has been mentioned.......and there is a lot of goodness here.....

Beautifully done, Rob.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 1, 2011 at 7:50 AM

excellent, Rob. love the pose with head turn and raised foot. great colors and nice habitat, and a great low angle. only nit for me is I might smooth the edges of the pale double highlight to the right of the bird's bill--it's just a little distracting.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 1, 2011 at 9:31 AM

Nice to see the other subspecies here Rob. Beautiful lighting and detail

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 1, 2011 at 10:24 PM

Hi Rob.

Wonderfully captured, with perfect exposure, pose, color, detail and light.

Albert Darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 2, 2011 at 12:52 AM

What a great bird, Rob. Not a bad shot either.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 2, 2011 at 2:14 AM

Sweet One Rob!!!

Ken Archer

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