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After patiently hanging out at the “ official” clapper rail observation spot (Palo Alto Baylands Preserve), I started to drive back without a single shot on the memory card. Then I spotted a clapper rail in a bush not far from the road. Re-parked the car immediately and walked within shooting distance. Just about when I was ready with the camera the bird came out of the bush and started feeding in the open.
I hope you like it and comments are welcome.

Dec 29, 2003 at 05:54 AM

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Dec 29, 2003 at 05:54 AM

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Dec 29, 2003 at 05:56 AM

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Dec 29, 2003 at 05:56 AM

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p.1 #5 · Clapper Rail

Wow, Steve these are beautiful shot my friend . Man I got to get some bigger glass.

Dec 29, 2003 at 06:08 AM

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p.1 #6 · Clapper Rail

Beautiful stuff Steve. Great detail, nice saturation and colors too, well done!

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:04 AM

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Steve

it must be hard to be you bud , you are both very good and very lucky indeed

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:06 AM

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p.1 #8 · Clapper Rail

Beautiful series Steve! Was this the 500?

Dwight

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:10 AM

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THicks wrote:
Wow, Steve these are beautiful shot my friend . Man I got to get some bigger glass.

Tom, appreciate your comment very much. Actually the bird was nice enough to let me get pretty close, so was able to use the 300mm f/4. Anyway, you deserve the bigger glass.

Steve

Dec 29, 2003 at 06:48 PM

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hamster wrote:
Beautiful stuff Steve. Great detail, nice saturation and colors too, well done!

Niko, thanks for your very nice compliment. I am glad you enjoyed them,

Steve

Dec 29, 2003 at 06:49 PM

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p.1 #11 · Clapper Rail

Great job Steve. perhaps i will run into one day as that is one of my favorite areas.

Dec 29, 2003 at 06:50 PM

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jmcfadden wrote:
Steve

it must be hard to be you bud , you are both very good and very lucky indeed

J

John, thanks for your very kind reply. It was a very lucky day and I almost missed it. The more time I spend outdoors, the luckier I get.

Steve

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:06 PM

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Xeris wrote:
Beautiful series Steve! Was this the 500?

Dwight

Dwight, thanks for your kind reply.
The bird was nice enough to let me get pretty close, so was able to use the 300mm f/4. That let me move around a lot faster to shoot from different angles. For one of the shots I was standing in the water up to my ankle.

Steve

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:14 PM

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mark1958 wrote:
Great job Steve. perhaps i will run into one day as that is one of my favorite areas.

Thanks Mark,

This fellow was in one of the bushes right across the street from the duck-pond.

Steve

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:19 PM

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p.1 #15 · Clapper Rail

Wonderful work. I love the feather detail... I don't think you could ask for better light, exposure, or composition.
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bruce

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:27 PM

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p.1 #16 · Clapper Rail

I love those shots. Keep up the good work. I look forward
to seeing more posts from you.

Dec 29, 2003 at 07:46 PM

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OwlsEyes wrote:
Wonderful work. I love the feather detail... I don't think you could ask for better light, exposure, or composition.
regards,
bruce

Bruce,
thanks for looking. The light that day was perfect, high thin cirrus clouds providing fairly bright yet diffused illumination. How many times does that happen at an extremely high tide? I was even luckier than I thought.

Steve

Dec 30, 2003 at 02:45 AM

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edmanet wrote:
I love those shots. Keep up the good work. I look forward
to seeing more posts from you.

I am glad you like them. Will try very hard to keep them coming,

Steve

Dec 30, 2003 at 02:48 AM

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p.1 #19 · Clapper Rail

Just beautiful, Steve. Really nice work, again.

Dec 30, 2003 at 02:57 AM

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p.1 #20 · Clapper Rail

Wonderful captures Steve and your patience paid off well. It was just waiting for you to get down there to him.

Gary

Dec 30, 2003 at 05:16 AM

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p.1 #21 · Clapper Rail

Steve - superb color, detail, composition - well everything! Super! Cheers, Brad

Dec 30, 2003 at 05:19 AM

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p.1 #22 · Clapper Rail

Hi Mark,
Thanks for your very nice compliment. I am glad you enjoyed them,

Steve

Dec 30, 2003 at 05:16 PM

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GSteele wrote:
Wonderful captures Steve and your patience paid off well. It was just waiting for you to get down there to him.

Gary

Gary,
thanks for your kind reply. Now I remember, it was waving me over when I was driving by. It was just a little hard to see in the dark part of the bush.

Steve

Dec 30, 2003 at 05:23 PM

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bejohnson wrote:
Steve - superb color, detail, composition - well everything! Super! Cheers, Brad

Brad,
thanks for your kind reply. Sometimes I get lucky and everything falls into place, even the stuff that is not under my control. Mother nature has been good to me that day.

Cheers, Steve

Dec 30, 2003 at 05:30 PM

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p.1 #25 · Clapper Rail

Very nice. Way to be there.

- Jon

Dec 30, 2003 at 05:56 PM


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