And Another

Water rail
Baited
D300 Sigma 100-300
500ISO
250th @f8
60%of full frame
CS3 Levels
Sharpen czm
Bright spot ot two cloned out.
Cheers
JR

Very nice John, prefer this to the previous, the surroundings look very natural with the eye drawn to the bird. Well done.

Heath

Nice detail John and shows the typical setting for a Water Rail. Is that a third foot though
Also when did you get a D300 and 100-300 lens? You will probably tell me about 6 months ago as I am not very observant. I can drive past the same spot for months before noticing that a building has been either erected or demolished

Hi John,

The bird stands out well with good eye contact. What do you bait them with out of interest?

Cheers

Austin

Nice shot, very sharp with good detail in all the right areas

Looks like that head is coming right out of the frame.Good colour and detail especially in the eye and as usual I like your composition.

John, I agree with Roy that there is a little 3D effect about the way the head looks to be coming out of the image. Although I like the background, I wonder if a slightly lower camera position would have thrown the background a little more out of focus? Andrew

A lovely Image John, I'd be very pleased to get one like this

Geoff.

Another good one good to get them out in the open like this

Very nice John,

It will do for me

Thanks all.
Andrew - lower pov not good . I was sitting in water anyway
Austin.- Maggots and chrysalis(casters)
Cheers
JR

Maggots, brilliant but casters are better as they dont run off ;) I do wonder about that bit of puple looking vegetation on the right, looks like he has 3 feet Only joking, this is a great rail shot!

Very nice John.

Phil.

Nice one John.