A close encounter with a Barred Rail

[Romy Ocon]

I was shooting Common Moorhens some 25 meters away at Candaba the other day and 700 mm was a bit shy of the length I need. Having enough light at that time, I stacked a Tamron 1.4x behind a Canon 1.4x on the 500 f4 IS + 40D to make 1000 mm.

Out of nowhere, this Barred Rail appeared suddenly in front of me, not more than 10 meters away. I didn't have time to remove the excess TC, so I just fired off some bursts, intending to do some close crops later. ;D

40D + 500 f4 L IS + stacked Canon/Tamron 1.4x TCs, 1000 mm, f/11, ISO 320, manual exposure, Ix! bean bag:



Romy

[Ding Carpio]

Chubbiest Barred Rail I ever saw.

Sharpest, too!

[Romy Ocon]

balarila said:

Chubbiest Barred Rail I ever saw.

Sharpest, too!

Agree Ding, it's the chubbiest and best groomed BR I ever saw...

[steve pryor]

Very pretty photo - good detail - champion focusing!

[Bobby Kintanar]

That photo is so real, you can almost touch the bird ! :-)

[gpx4]

Wow amazing details that fill the frame.

[tina mallari]

bobby6425 said:

That photo is so real, you can almost touch the bird ! :-)

I agree Bobby. It's as if it's just in front of you and you don't want to move otherwise you might scare it away ;D

[Raul Marcelo]

So that's how it looks up close... Magnificent!!!!

raul

[Reyno Rosete]

The details and colors are simply amazing Romy...another world-class capture indeed !!!