Moorhen (Gallinula Chloropus)

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• joey (20049)
• [2007-05-10 5:49]

Hi Hilary,
this is a brilliant shot of this moorhen.
Great composition and POV.
Well done,
Joey

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• claudine (9925)
• [2007-05-10 6:32]

Lol Hil,
Coquette and Gus are outside!!! As spring has come, I lost my cats for the next 4 months ;) What a colorful and noisy fellow that you present us! Its colors are amazing and you caught superb details as I almost can count its feathers. This is an original POV with super reflection in the water and perfect exposure. Its legs, beak and eye all fits together in a perfect color match :) When my cats will come back, I make them play this strange sound and I know that they going to like it a lot : ))) Thanks,
Claudine
Still laughing… :)))) PS Coquette just came back but she had less reaction on this one maybe because it is a duck and that she doesn't know any duck ;)

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• JoseMiguel (5181)
• [2007-05-10 6:48]

Hi Hilary,
Nice capture!
A colourful bird on a very good pose.
I like your POV for his side-back image of the moorhen.
Good to see the colorful legs also and their movement under the water.
The textured branch contribute to make a very balanced image.
Well done and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2007-05-10 6:49]

bonjour hilary
alors la je suis bleuffer!
arriver a prendre une poule d'eau d'aussi pres cela releve de l'exploi.
les couleurs sont magnifiques et le plumage tres detaillées.
mille bravo.
laurent

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• uleko (23734)
• [2007-05-10 6:51]

Hello Hilary,
What a beauty this is and such a lovely shot!
Beautiful light and great sharpness bring out the lovely colour and details of the feathers.
Excellent composition.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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• Argus (23519)
• [2007-05-10 6:57]

Great capture, Hilary!
Super sharp shot with fine POV, colour, lighting and compo. showing fine plumage details of a Moorhen. Even the legs show wellin the water!
This species is not so easy to photograph in Sweden as it is not so common and very shy.
Well done and TFS!
Best wishes, Ivan

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• fartash (10187)
• [2007-05-10 7:20]

Hello Hilary
What a great reflection here,
Wonderful shot of this Moorhen,
Perfect details and POV,
Superb shot.

Regards
Fartash

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• Bratman (740)
• [2007-05-10 16:11]

Like this because of the legs believe it or not Hil, quite rare to see shots of these "paddling" like this. Quite a shy bird too...usually very wary. Best, Brat.

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• nglen (21160)
• [2007-05-10 16:14]

Hi Hilary. what a great shot, very sharp focus and fine detail with bright colours.and a nice refection. well done TFs. Nick..

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-05-10 17:02]

Hello Hil beautifull detail love the rich brown textures of the feathers nice light and good focus tfs rgds Necip.

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• glazzaro (4497)
• [2007-05-10 21:14]

Detail, color, exposure and reflections are all superb!

Greg

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-05-10 23:54]

Hello Hil

Lucky you,a wonderful close up of this moor hen.Excellent colour saturation,with sharp details and focus.Nicely composed in the frame.TFS

Rob

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• TAZ (10918)
• [2007-05-11 2:09]

Hello Hilary,
This bird is pretty and you caught it well with the nice reflection.
The "+++" : subject, reflection, colors, sharpness, exposure, useful note...
The "-" : perhaps more space on the right side for composition...
Congratulations and TFS.

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• SelenE (12286)
• [2007-05-11 8:23]

Hi Hilary,
Colors, POV, and the composition with the reflection of the bird is very nice. TFS
Selen

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• Nephrotome2 (1792)
• [2007-05-11 8:27]

Beautiful
Crisp clear.
brilliant colors.
See through water and reflection are both a real plus.
This one bird was very pretty (a good start before to shoot).
Moorhen are common here but all those I know won't let me approach (even in urban areas).
They ignore me but at 10 m distance they all invariably disappear.
Congratulation for managing to get so close (or were you hidden?).

TFS
JM

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• ramthakur (25185)
• [2007-05-11 11:57]

This picture illustrates the significance of aesthetics involved even in nature photography, Hilary.
The angle of the shot, the well delineated colours, contrast, and details on the multi-coloured plumage, the reflection of the bird and its feet immersed in water giving the impression of a painting in oil, the half submerged branch, the grey shade of water -- all these elements contribute to the strong aesthetics manifest in this lovely composition.

Thanks for sharing this supremely beautiful image.

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• marieproue (3660)
• [2007-05-11 21:04]

Magnifique couleurs, netteté et composition.
Bravo
Marie

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• scottevers7 (12259)
• [2007-05-11 21:15]

Hi Hil,
An excellent shot on this Moorhen. Soft quality light and a spot on exposure. This brought out amazing colors and intricate detail in the plumage. Even nice colors and detail in the legs below the waterline.
Scott

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• garyfudge (1098)
• [2007-05-12 8:13]

Hil,

this is a lovely shot.
Catching the movement of it's legs is masterpiece.
Beatifully saturated colours and good clarity throughout.

Gary

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• mikou (5265)
• [2007-05-12 9:49]

Hi Hilary.
This is great shot with beautiful details in plumage.I like your used interesting point of view which to us makes it possible to see her pretty coloured legs.Very nice composition with any branch in water and pretty reflection of this bird in water-level.Beautiful color pallete on plumage and on amazing beak too.Well done,thanks for sharing.
Best greetings Milos.

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• angybone (7204)
• [2007-05-13 8:10]

PERFECT reflection! PERFECT!
Great color and sharpness.
Interesting POV!

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• Tamrock (3651)
• [2007-05-16 14:00]

hi hilary!
very nice bird this!
fine picture with really
good sharpness and a nice
reflection!
good work!

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• Alex99 (14727)
• [2007-05-18 12:36]

Hi Hillary.
So unusual shot: unreal water and absolutely natural (an beautiful) bird. Its expressive legs without any waves are looked very funny. Details (including colours) of the bird and mirror reflection, composition of the shot are great. My best regards and TFS.
Alexei.

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• peter_stoeckl (9369)
• [2007-06-05 18:33]

Hello Hilary,
powerful, frame filling, dynamic image with intense colours that stand in perfect contrast to the neutral grey of waters. And I took the chance of listening to the moorhen. What a sound! Thank you. With best regards,
Peter