Grey-necked wood rail

Gallery: AvianPosted May 17, 20161,257 views5 comments

I had the opportunity to spend a week in Belize last month on a birding vacation/photo trip with my wife. One of the highlights was seeing this colorful wood rail on an early morning boat trip around a lake. This was one of a pair that was trotting along the lake shore looking for food. Needless to say, I was thrilled seeing it in the open in great light. The only difficulty was keeping them in focus standing on a rocking boat.

Techs: 840mm, 1/500s@F8, -1 1/3Ev, ISO640. Tripod

Thanks for looking.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 17, 2016 at 7:32 AM

Sweet capture of this beautiful rail in its habitat. I like the lifted muddy foot, it gives a nice feel for its environment. Excellent details and a pleasing composition.

Sweet One!

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 17, 2016 at 5:09 PM

This is indeed a colorful Rail Govind and well photographed too. I just wonder if it needs a little clockwise rotation to level it out? The raised foot adds interest as well as that red eye that really pops. Nice work! devil

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 17, 2016 at 5:44 PM

Thanks for your feedback, Steve. The angle may be an illusion as the shoreline comes forward towards left of the screen.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 17, 2016 at 10:58 PM

Beautiful bird and beautiful light, Govind. You caught a very nice pose and I like the composition with a good slice of habitat included.

devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 18, 2016 at 2:53 PM

Very nice to see a bird so much color in nice morning light. You pulled this off quite well. Composition and color and wonderful and sharpness is perfect.

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