MI4 ~ Purple Gallinules

PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
edited March 21, 2009 in Wildlife
Haven't posted in a while so thought I'd add a few in from the recent Merritt Island 4 get together. I was fortunate to hit this location with about 20 minutes of golden sunlight left in the day. :D


As soon as I sat down on the ground, this guy came running up to me.
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A little itch
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Probably the peak of light
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Just past peak light as the sun was going down behind the trees.
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These were all handheld with the 1Dm2 + 400/f5.6
Kevin
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  • ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    Great shots Kevin, and wonderful lighting.

    It was great to meet you at MI IV. I noticed some of your shots over at Nikon Cafe of the Raptors. Those are special as well, please think about posting them here.

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited February 12, 2007
    Hi Kevin,

    Glad to see you coming around. I enjoyed chatting with you last week at MI IV.

    Now these are colorful birds in nice light. I don't think I have ever seen a Purple Gallinule before.
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    Terrific set Kevin. Very interesting and colorful birds. We'll have to go shoot them sometime. Enjoyed shooting with you on both coast. It was a good time that also produced some nice photos. thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    Outstanding shots Kevin. clap.gif It was good to be shooting with you again.
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    terrific seriesclap.gif beautiful bird
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  • BPCooperBPCooper Registered Users Posts: 134 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    Beautiful. Third one is my favorite, at the peak of light. They are very colorful birds.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    Beautiful. I love the colors and texture of the feathers and feet that you captured.
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    I love colors of those birdies, and they were running to you?? How did you get that lucky? Ok, did you share your lunch with them?? :D
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    Zanotti wrote:
    Great shots Kevin, and wonderful lighting.

    It was great to meet you at MI IV. I noticed some of your shots over at Nikon Cafe of the Raptors. Those are special as well, please think about posting them here.

    Z
    Thanks George! It was nice getting to meet you and shoot with you that morning at the Raptor Center. I'll post those shots here as well.

    The 30D is going on the chopping block this week. Wasn't sure if you were serious or not. mwink.gif
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    pathfinder wrote:
    Hi Kevin,

    Glad to see you coming around. I enjoyed chatting with you last week at MI IV.

    Now these are colorful birds in nice light. I don't think I have ever seen a Purple Gallinule before.

    Thanks Jim! It was nice seeing you again. I enjoyed getting to see all your toys as well. It's cool getting to see some of these lenses that otherwise you only read about. Give my regards to Kathy!
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    Terrific set Kevin. Very interesting and colorful birds. We'll have to go shoot them sometime. Enjoyed shooting with you on both coast. It was a good time that also produced some nice photos. thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Thanks Mike. And thanks again for the hospitality. You should check with Ron. He sounded like he was going to make a trip over to these Gallinules very soon.
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    Harryb wrote:
    Outstanding shots Kevin. clap.gif It was good to be shooting with you again.

    Thanks for arranging the private showing, Harry! It was definitely worth the price of admission. Great week spending time with some fantastic photogs!clap.gif
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    terrific seriesclap.gif beautiful bird
    Thanks much! They are really pretty birds and usually very difficult to get good shots of them. This location is rather special!
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    BPCooper wrote:
    Beautiful. Third one is my favorite, at the peak of light. They are very colorful birds.

    I appreciate the kind words, Ben. I really liked that 3rd shot, too. It showed off all his colors.
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    Maestro wrote:
    Beautiful. I love the colors and texture of the feathers and feet that you captured.

    Their feet really are big! The colors are really interesting and glad you noticed the texture in the feathers. At first I thought it was sharpening artifacts but they're there on the RAW files as well. :)
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    I love colors of those birdies, and they were running to you?? How did you get that lucky? Ok, did you share your lunch with them?? :D

    This was my first visit to this park so I can only assume people feed them tidbits which lessens their fear of humans. It was quite surprising to see the one run right up to me. I didn't need to coerce them at all.
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  • dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    Where did all that color come from? Wow..thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    Nice shots Kevin! thumb.gif
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    dallas wrote:
    Where did all that color come from? Wow..thumb.gifthumb.gif

    You got that right! :D The late afternoon sun really helped to bring out the colors, too! Thanks for the thumbs up, Dallas!
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2007
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Nice shots Kevin! thumb.gif
    Thanks Glenn! I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
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  • NappaloniaNappalonia Registered Users Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited February 14, 2007
    Wow, nice shotsthumb.gif lovely colors and lighting.
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  • BIG BROTHERBIG BROTHER Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2007
    Great series Kevin clap.gif

    They are a very pretty little bird and seem to have no fear of people

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2007
    Paavo wrote:
    Haven't posted in a while so thought I'd add a few in from the recent Merritt Island 4 get together. I was fortunate to hit this location with about 20 minutes of golden sunlight left in the day. :D
    As soon as I sat down on the ground, this guy came running up to me.
    A little itch
    Probably the peak of light
    Just past peak light as the sun was going down behind the trees.
    These were all handheld with the 1Dm2 + 400/f5.6

    Well you were lucky, funny how some animals just seem to be attracted to humans....you picked up some great colour, sun just has to be in the right spot to bring out all those colours, and you were in the right spot at the right time clap.gif ... nice work ......... Skippy
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2007
    Nappalonia wrote:
    Wow, nice shotsthumb.gif lovely colors and lighting.

    Thanks Nappalonia! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2007
    BIG BROTHER wrote:
    Great series Kevin clap.gif

    They are a very pretty little bird and seem to have no fear of people
    Thank you Jim! Actually these birds are typically very skittish. These happened to be in a lakeside park and have gotten used to people. I'm anxious to return and spend a little longer time there.
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Well you were lucky, funny how some animals just seem to be attracted to humans....you picked up some great colour, sun just has to be in the right spot to bring out all those colours, and you were in the right spot at the right time clap.gif ... nice work ......... Skippy
    .

    Thanks Skippy. Being at the right place at the right time...that's precisely right. Especially considering how little time I got to spend there. The sun did pick up the colors very nicely. :)
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  • Daver2112Daver2112 Registered Users Posts: 157 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2009
    Wow! You've managed to capture some amazing shots of this beautiful bird.
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