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swimming Water Rail

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Posted by Edwin kats on March 23, 2008 at 3:50 PM
swimming Water Rail
Hi guys,

Finally I have the time to photograph and post some shots. I've been very busy so forgive me.
This one was taken yesterday. I'm quite happy about this. They are so fast.
iso 800 1/100 sec. F7.1

Toodles....

Edwin Kats
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 23, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Cracking action picture. Lovely shot Edwin but it looks just a little bit light on here.
Posted by Edwin kats on March 23, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Thanks Robert,

I think I'll have to calibrate my monitor again. It has been 8 months:)
Here's a repost.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Frederic Desmette on March 23, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Superb, it is so different to see them swiming.....Well done
Frederic
Posted by jack chapman on March 23, 2008 at 4:06 PM
very nice, never seen a shot of one swimming, can't tell the difference between the repost and the original though
Posted by Edwin kats on March 23, 2008 at 4:09 PM
:biggrin: There is a difference but it;s minor. The second is a bit darker.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Craig Nash on March 23, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Wow I have seen them quite alot in the last few years but never swimming. Well Done.
Posted by Stuart McCrae on March 23, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Cracking shot,repost certainly looks better :toast:

Stu.
Posted by Michael John O' Ma on March 23, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Great action shot. These are so difficult to see in general.
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 23, 2008 at 4:54 PM
The best water rail image to-date!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Andy Darrington on March 23, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Top marks

And
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 23, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Very good Edwin.

Thought the other day, i ha'nt seen any shots from you lately

:toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on March 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Great shot of a difficult bird.

Simon
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 24, 2008 at 5:28 AM
Nice one Van der Valk :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 24, 2008 at 7:36 AM
Hi Edwin,

The repost looks spot-on! Superb capture! First time I ever seen one swimming!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 24, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Hi Van der Valk.... :rolleyes:

Great shot of a species wich is sooooo hard to get a good shot of!
It does look as if it could use just a tiny bit of CCW rotation but that's nitpicking such a wonderful shot!

I know you have some more laying around of these for us, so i can't wait for the rest of this series!!!
Love it!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on March 24, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Never seen this bird before.
Great capture Edwin.
:toast: :toast:

Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria
Posted by Edwin kats on March 24, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Thanks guys :biggrin:

mr. van der Valk
Posted by eric weight on March 25, 2008 at 2:50 AM
Great shot Edwin. I like the bow -wave, he looks in a hurry.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Philip Kirkham on March 25, 2008 at 4:44 AM
Hello Edwin
Superb capture, I have yet to see one swimming, never mind point a camera at it!
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on March 26, 2008 at 4:44 AM
Very nice indeed... there appears to be a couple of odd artefacts in the bg though, mainly just behind the bird... there again it may be me, I have looked at so many images this past couple of weeks :rolleyes:

Looking forward to more.

:toast: :wavey: :toast: