~Purple Swamphen~

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• gypsygirl58 (426)
• [2007-06-05 19:43]

Hi Deb,
Excellent capture of this Purple Swamphen! Good details, sharpness and colours, nice to see it in its natural environment. Well done abd TFS
Cheers Tina :-)

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• blakitan (5451)
• [2007-06-05 21:11]

Hi Debbie,
Nicely capturing this swamp hen at its natural surrounding. May need to make colors adjustment.

BL

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• livios (16906)
• [2007-06-05 21:48]

Debbie, very nice creature. A colorful and lively one.

I like the moment you caught, and considering you used 1/25, sharpness is really good.

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• Mariol (5132)
• [2007-06-05 22:54]

H Debbie,
Very good shot of this interesting bird. Good details colors and sharpness. I like also the dynamic of this picture.
TFS, Mario.

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• JPlumb (2884)
• [2007-06-06 0:52]

Hi Debbie, this is one I haven't seen yet. So ugly it's cute eh? I think your capture of the colour is good, and great detail. It's not easy pulling in those dark red eyes on that dark head, and there is good differentiation between the feather layers. The backdrop is an interesting one. This greenery makes for a very nice background.

Thanks, John

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2007-06-06 2:27]

Hello Deb,
Lovely capture.I liked POV,pose of bird and eye contact a lot.
TFS..:-)

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• sily (1893)
• [2007-06-06 4:46]

Hi Debs!
This is truly a beautiful photo with great composition and details nice light too, so vivid colored!TFS!

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• Hil (5027)
• [2007-06-06 5:30]

Hi Debbie,

Great shot of the Purple Swamphen, its a bit like our Moorhens and it took me ages to get a shot of one of them, so well captured, I like the movement you have captured in the pose and its a nice low POV, good detail and great colours too.

TFS Hilary :o)

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• marhowie (302)
• [2007-06-06 7:26]

Hi Debbie,
Great color and interesting light. Good POV and composition as well. Perhaps a slightly faster shutter/ISO would be better for this one?
Howard

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• Proframe (4084)
• [2007-06-06 8:02]

Beautiful shot Debbie.
Love the color contrast, light and pose of the swamphen.
Very well done. Thamks for sharing.
Kind regards, Harry

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• Debz (3307)
• [2007-06-06 9:16]

Hi Debbie, a lovely shot of the Swamphen. This looks a lot like our Moorhen, with the red cap and feather colouring. Nice capture showing the legs stepping out. You caught good light bringing out highlights and good colour, the feathers have a nice sheen. All is clear and sharp. Great shot.
tfs
debz

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• jaycee (21912)
• [2007-06-06 10:49]

Hi Debbie,

I've never seen a swamp hen. I love the colors. Looks wonderful on the green vegetation.

Jane

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• Alex99 (18531)
• [2007-06-06 13:41]

Hi Debbie.
I like your wonderful colourful picture. I am amazed with exposure parameters. Great DOF and terrific sharpness of the moving bird despite the exposure time 1/25 s. Bravo. Skillfully done amazing shot.
Alexei.

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• bobair (5126)
• [2007-06-06 22:50]

Hi Debbie,
this is an interesting bird and looks to be a relative of the American coot as it is similar in body shape.Your capture suffers a little because your exposure time was too long for hand held or tripod shooting on a moving subject but apart from that you have good colour and detail making this a good shot of a bird I have never seen before.Tfs. Bob

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-06-07 7:51]

Hello Debbie

Well done capturing this purple swamphen.Well composed with very good colours.Very good detail.TFS

Rob BL

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• saguzar (7198)
• [2007-06-07 8:13]

Hi Debbie,
A nice colourful swamp bird, you've captured well in its environment. I like the odd walk that it has.
Regards
Hernán

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• meyerd (5336)
• [2007-06-07 10:55]

Dear Debbie,
I never visited your site before, sorry! I sheepishly make the time shift responsible for that.
This Purple swamphen is a great shot despite the slight double image (due to precipitation and exitement, I suppose). The animal is difficult to ever encounter because it stays hidden for much of the time and is shy. I tried for a whole day to spot one in Iran at the Caspi sea near Ramsar and all I saw was a disappearing act. My heartfelt congratulation to your quick reaction and beautiful shot!
Best regards to you,
Dietrich

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• Jamesp (16522)
• [2007-06-08 3:36]

Hi Deb

One of my favourite Australian birds - the POV is really good and the colours also and strong Australian light also.

James