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Virginia Rail Portrait
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Virginia Rail Portrait

by Craig Strand

Gallery: AvianPosted August 4, 201373 views10 comments
Virginia Rail in cover, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, WA

canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L
F/9.5 1/60 ISO 400
auto window beanbag lens rest

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Terrific! I can't recall ever seeing a close portrait of this species before. Very nice detail. I'd tone down the bright area in the bottom left a bit more. I'd love to have taken this.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on August 4, 2013 at 3:11 PM
Beautiful portrait! Sharon
Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 4, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Craig, this is NOT an easy bird to even find, let alone get a shot. Love the portrait and detail is great. I think Richard's comment about toning down the lower left is a good one. Congrats on this species.
BTW...I did see and get my first shot of this species a couple months ago (never posted it). I had to look it up because I had never seen one and totally lucked out when I saw him.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Verdon on August 4, 2013 at 4:02 PM
great shot, love the tighter crop and it's own environment, nice detail and colors, well done!!! :wavey: :toast: :wavey:
Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 4, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Great discovery, and very well captured, Craig. I've yet to see one of these.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 5, 2013 at 3:47 AM
Craig,
Wonderful capture, I agree that some toning down of the bottom left corner may assist, I would try with the sponge tool.
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on August 5, 2013 at 6:03 AM
Nice shot Craig.
Registered on July 29, 2013, 112 Posts, 229 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM
A beautiful close-up peek of this illusive rail Craig. Great pose and fine detail. The surrounding habitat gives you a real feel for the thick marsh vegetation these guys live in.

Sweet Photo :cool:
Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 5, 2013 at 11:31 PM
Exceptional!! I have barely even seen a rail, let alone gotten a portrait like this - amazing.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by LeRoy Gunderson on August 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM
Great portrait! Very nice detail and pose. The bottom left corner is a bit bright as stated, but overall it is great!
Registered on December 14, 2004, 27 Posts, 112 Comments