African Rail

Gallery: AvianPosted November 23, 2011105 views6 comments

A very elusive bird of the Railard family, this is the Afican Rail. I shot this image in the West Coast National Park in South Africa. It was overcast and raining so the colors didn't come through as I would have liked, but the rain drops add another dimension.

Canon 1D MK IV
Canon 500mm f/4
1/800
F/8.0
ISO 640

Thanks for looking and your comments.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on November 23, 2011 at 4:15 PM

Neal, I think you handled the conditions very well and I agree the rain drops are a plus. Good image, I enjoy it a lot.

Skip Harris

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on November 23, 2011 at 5:12 PM

I have only seen one of these in eleven trips to Africa, and that was in dense vegetation, so to get one out in the open like this is great. I like the pose here, and the water drops are a bonus.

David

Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 23, 2011 at 10:10 PM

Nice job in getting this, the larger image has nice feather detail and I like the raindrops and pose, a very interesting looking bird with the orange feet and red beak. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 23, 2011 at 10:49 PM

Awesome Bird Neal

You did well making such a beautiful image of him. Love the raindrops and lifted foot.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on November 23, 2011 at 11:11 PM

regardless of weather and lighting conditions ,i think you handled this image really well.You did get the bird all in focus and he still looks pretty colourful to my eyes .i too like the raiandrops.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on November 24, 2011 at 3:33 PM

A Rail in the open, raindrops, and in stride - wonderful! I might be tempted to add a tad more saturation........

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