Thursday 3 September 2009

Spotted Crake at Marazion Marsh

Quick visit to Stithians nothing happening there. Went home did a spot of plumbing finished about 4pm so nipped down Marazion. Once there true to form it rained. So low light and damp to contend with. Saw the spotted crake a short distance away. It was in amongst the reeds so I selected an f stop of F9 to gain some depth of field as it was difficult to pick out the bird. This mean't I was shooting at 1/30-1/40th sec. So the shots are acceptable but not 100 million % sharp.



Spotted Crake: Exif: Canon 1D Mk111, 600mm f4 lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture, F9, 1/30 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop






Heron: Exif: Canon 1d mk111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture priority, f5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop






Spotted Crake:
Exif: Canon 1d mk111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture priority, f5.6, 1/60 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop








Spotted Crake: Exif: Canon 1D Mk111, 600mm f4 lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture, F9, 1/40 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop








Cormorant: Exif: Exif: Canon 1D Mk111, 600mm f4 lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm), Aperture, F7.1, 1/800 sec, ISO 400, +0.7 stop
























5 comments:

The Watcher said...

Nice shots Bob.

JRandSue said...

Well done Bob,I knew you would get the shots.
Excellent job,cracking bird.
Cya soon.
John.

Rachel said...

ok so how long after i went did you see it?

Bobbster said...

About 20 minutes Rachel, I waved at everyone but I just got a really good ignoring so had it to myself. Light was very poor though without that tripod you of been lucky to get a shot. It was in that first bit of reeds on our left ie about 10ft ahead of me right on the corner.

swopticsphoto said...

The Grey Heron creeping through the reeds is superb Bob - it looks like front cover shot.