blp shabash 430x45
Inspiring and Supporting Photographers of Australian Birds

Brown Quail

Brown Quail (Image ID 42564)
Photographed bySteve Mantle on Sun 2nd Aug, 2020 and uploaded on Sat 26th Sep, 2020 .
Resolution1800x1245
Viewed1177
ID42564
CommentLate afternoon, down low with a myriad quails coming in for a drink at a small puddle on a seldom used gravel track bisecting local farms and council owned swampland. I had been trying over several days to isolate some birds at this exact spot and I even topped up the puddle on a couple of occasions. There are so many quails at this location that my biggest challenge was capturing an isolated bird and its reflection without having brown blobs photo-bombing in the background, or running into the shot at great velocity from either side. It's amazing what can happen between focusing and pressing the shutter down! In any event I was able to manage a handful of tolerable images, this being my favourite.
EquipmentCanon EOS 5D Mark IV
TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011
ƒ/6.7 @450.0 mm 1/2000 ISO 1000
Prone under camo throw
LocationPort Macquarie, New South Wales
Keywordsadult
You already have an outstanding request to download this image for non-commercial purposes. You may cancel this request by clicking on the button below and waiting for confirmation that your request has been noted. When you have selected all the images that you require, go to 'My Download Requests' (under Photo Gallery) and submit your request by clicking 'Edit/Submit' and filling out the details. You will be advised of the result by email. Note that cookies MUST be enabled for this to work.
You may request download of this image for non-commercial purposes. A request that meets the usage rights of this image will be automatically approved; a request that does not meet the usage rights will be refused, but may (at the Download Manager's discretion) be referred to the photographer. The usage rights of this image are: Use by BirdLife Australia, its branches, groups, affiliates and members. For further details of image usage rights, see here. Request the image by clicking on the button below and waiting for confirmation that your request has been noted. When you have selected all the images that you require, go to 'My Download Requests' (under Photo Gallery) and submit your request by clicking 'Edit/Submit' and filling out the details. You will be advised of the result by email. Note that cookies MUST be enabled for this to work.
Previous19217/31429 in Main LibraryNext
Previous64/216 by Steve MantleNext
Previous31/59 of Brown QuailNext
Previous65/112 of Pheasants and QuailNext
Previous19872/34073 OverallNext
Use the arrows at the left and Right hand side of this page to display the Next/Previous photographs in that group, or click on one of the blue links above to start a slide show in that group (group slide shows are only allowed if there are less than 1000 images in the group).

CONTACT US

The easiest way to contact us is by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Our People page, in the About Us section, contains email links to each of the committee members.