Moorhen

Moorhen that was brave enough to run across the gravel to get to the free offerings first.

50d
800 iso
1/320
500mm set at F5
monopod

Neat image noise reduction applied and one white patch removed from left of birds foot.

Lovely portrait of a not much photographed bird. BG colour is stunning. Also like the bit of mush in the foreground.

Very nice portrait Roy, unusual POV and great detail, is this a juvenile as the beak doesn't have the defined red and yellow separation?

Heath

Thankyou for your comments. Heath, the Books I have looked at suggest it is youngish bird though I am not sure if it would a this years bird.

Yep, good portrait Roy with an interesting colour as a BG, ties in nicely.

Personally I might take a third (or there abouts) off the base, just for balance? Not sure how you feel about cloning, but perhaps also the white between the legs on the ground and the small patch on the bird by the wing, just cosmetic I guess

Great to see you noted the slight changes made, congrats on that.

TFS
Steve

Makes for a great BG that pink stuff. Ineed to get out to water more!

Oh this is a lovely image, one of the best I've seen of these birds! Great BG, POV, and a fab catchlight. Love it!!
Regards,
Paul Rosser.

POV is spot on for this shot
Slight distraction between the feet but still a great image.
Well done.

Geoff.

Beautifully done. Excellent lighting too.
eric

Nicely within the DoF, an alert pose makes for a very nice portrait of this youngster.

Nice portrait

very simple and very effective

Ron

Good deatiled portrait and I like the colour palette and eye; might be temopted to get rid of the white area as has been said, but not a big thing

Beautiful light, pose makes the image for me