Paint-billed Crake

Gallery: AvianPosted February 21, 2015109 views4 comments

This was a pretty shy character that allowed us very few opportunities to capture an image. We had tried for almost an hour, unsuccessfully, to catch a shot of him from the road to the lodge. I then set up inside the lodge property on a path near where we had heard the bird, hoping to grab a chance at a shot. I got lucky when the bird came out from the thick vegetation and paused just a moment before jumping onto the path just below where I sat.

Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Ecuador

D810
500mm f/4
1/125s @ f/6.3
ISO 2000
2/3 EV
Gitzo w/ Wimberley II

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on February 22, 2015 at 1:49 PM

Chuck,
Charlie shared with us yesterday how much he enjoyed shooting with you on the Galapagos trip. This is simply a wonderful shot. I wonder how it would look with a horizontal crop. It seems a bit tight on the tail.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on February 22, 2015 at 2:31 PM

Looks like a very nervous bird that would be hard to get a shot of, so well done for getting this, agree a little tight on the left ,the bird looks really nicely posed with its inquisitive stare, on it's mossy stone, very nice piece of work.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 23, 2015 at 9:35 PM

This is another great find, Chuck. I like the pose and the habitat. Fantastic.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 3, 2015 at 6:20 AM

What a great setting and pose Chuck

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