Eurasian Coot

Gallery: AvianPosted February 13, 2011105 views18 comments

One taken before Christmas when I was testing out my repaired camera.
It was taking pieces of weed to its young which are just out of the picture

Mk2n 500/f4
ISO 400 f/8 1/1600 exp comp -2/3 beanbag on ground

cheers
Rob

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 13, 2011 at 5:31 AM

Excellent exposure and a wonderful shot!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 13, 2011 at 7:34 AM

This is a tough bird to expose well and you did a very nice job Rob. Love the low angle, water, and bird with the bit of weed. Nice.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 13, 2011 at 8:05 AM

Great shot- excellent exposure and details- sorry its babies weren't closer, Fabio

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 13, 2011 at 8:14 AM

looks great, Rob. love the low angle and the vegetation in the bill.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 13, 2011 at 9:28 AM

Rob,
great low angle, excellent exposure control, beautiful pose with the food. Great work.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 13, 2011 at 10:07 AM

Nice exposure and low angle. Well done.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 13, 2011 at 11:39 AM

It's all good Rob. The weed in the beak really makes the photo. No nits.

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on February 13, 2011 at 1:42 PM

Nice composition and good details. Well exposed. Love the piece of weed hanging in it's mouth.

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on February 13, 2011 at 2:40 PM

A great image taken from a great viewpoint

Well done Rob.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 13, 2011 at 3:57 PM

Great low angle, exposure, eye contact and the weed adds interest.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on February 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM

This had to be a tough one with exposing, but you handled it, Rob. Like the pose and that red eye, which really sets this off in terms of a color accent.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 13, 2011 at 4:43 PM

Nice handling of whites and blacks. Beautiful red eye. I like your low angle.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on February 13, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Excellent Rob. Lovely light, great detail in the blacks, and good job keeping the light head shield under control.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 13, 2011 at 8:22 PM

Beautiful, Rob. Great angle and the eye is wonderful.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 13, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Nice looking coot. Like the low angle and the piece of vegetation in the beak.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on February 15, 2011 at 9:24 AM

Excellent - pity you could not get the young in this picture, too.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 15, 2011 at 1:38 PM

Wonderful job on a difficult contrast type shot, I like your low perspective as this really adds to the image, well done.

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on February 15, 2011 at 5:16 PM

exposure is lovely on this and love the pov very nice shot indeed, great eye

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