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Chicken Run??

Anjana Gunawardena Monday, January 24, 2011
adjust your monitor brightness and contrast to see all gray scale levels for better view   No, it’s “Swamphen” run … ;)

   [Purple Swamphen / Porphyrio porphyrio]
   Location : Kelanimulla

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10 comments

  1. silent momentsJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    did you scare those chicks off ;) ?
    nice composition and interesting crop !

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  2. Anjana GunawardenaJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Thanks for dropping by Silent.

    Yes, I did and I can’t help it either .. ;) (No no! they didn’t even notice that I was there cos I shot this from my relatives garden :D)

    This is pretty much like the original pic. I did remove a bit from the left of the snap, like 10% of the entire pic.

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  3. Amila KanchanaJanuary 25, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    Nice photo,how did you get the upper half of it blurry with the hen's head still sharp in it?

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  4. monsoon dreamsJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    beautiful!love the light falling on its head and the bright green grass.hey,high time u changed ur job :-)

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  5. Anjana GunawardenaJanuary 25, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Thanks for the comments Amila & MD,

    @Amila,
    I used aperture f5.6 and focused on the bird while taking this snap. As you can see the distance of the two birds (even the grass behind) did the trick here.

    You don’t need to have a DSLR to achieve this, most of the compact P&S cams got this feature too.

    Check this link about DOF(Depth of field) for more info ( or just do a search you will get more technical tutorials)

    Hope this helps ….

    @MD,
    Don’t know about changing jobs, but I know it’s high time for me to find one … lol

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  6. Amila KanchanaJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    Thanks Anjana, for the info. :-)

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  7. KirigalpoththaJanuary 26, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    Type of Korawakka?

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  8. FriedaJanuary 27, 2011 at 3:02 AM

    That's a fantastic picture. You captured their motion very well...

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  9. Anjana GunawardenaJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    @Amila,
    You are welcome!

    @K,
    I think is not a type of korawakka.

    This is what I found in Wiki about these two species.

    White-breasted Waterhen (Korawakka)

    Purple Swamphen

    @Frieda,
    Thanks for your feedback.


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  10. KirigalpoththaJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    Thanks Anjana!

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