Spotless Crake

Gallery: AvianPosted March 24, 2013125 views11 comments

These are probably the shyest of our Porzana crakes and it's not often you get them away from the reed beds.

1dMk4 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 800 f8 1/320

cheers
Rob

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11 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on March 24, 2013 at 5:48 AM

Nicely shot Rob.
The red eye is very striking.
Just out of curiosity, how big are these crakes?

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 24, 2013 at 6:50 AM

Just out of curiosity, how big are these crakes?

G'day Martin,

They're about the size of a starling. They don'y usually appear quite as dumpy as this one; its a bit hunched up.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 24, 2013 at 9:43 AM

The low pov is always sweet. The eyes have it

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on March 24, 2013 at 11:47 AM

Very nice shot. The details look very good in large version.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 24, 2013 at 12:26 PM

Neat! It is such a pleasure to see so many species that I didn't know about, and see them so well presented.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 24, 2013 at 1:19 PM

Nice, Rob. Excellent detail and the red eye is great. I do wish you'd had enough light to be able to stop the motion in the raised leg, but that's a very small nit.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 24, 2013 at 2:48 PM

Congrats on this species! Great shot . Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on March 24, 2013 at 5:50 PM

I like the pose, sharp where it counts, and that RED eye! Cool little bird! Sharon

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on March 24, 2013 at 9:32 PM

Hi Rob, a gorgeous bird, his habit of hanging in the reeds and muddy areas along with his colors suggest to me that he could be a distant cousin of our virginia rails here in North America. Well done!