Collared Redstart...

Gallery: AvianPosted November 29, 2009168 views8 comments

I am not often posting on the bird forum, but after our trip to Costa Rica I suddenly have so many bird photos!
While we were searching for Quetzals, this cute little bird was following in our footsteps.
What a smart bird to go for the insects that were disturbed by us walking through the dead leaves on the forest floor. We did find the Quetzal, I will post this later on.

D300, Sigma 170-500@340, F6, 1/50, tripod.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on November 29, 2009 at 12:49 PM

The bird is so sweetly dainty and wonderfully colored. You have nice details and the pose is precious. Gorgeous background to set it off too. Wish I would be followed by something so adorable.

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 29, 2009 at 12:49 PM

Very nice find Ellen and beautifully captured. I especially enjoyed the larger version.
May

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 29, 2009 at 7:02 PM

I love this shot Ellen! I think form looking at this, that you should start taking more bird photos! The colors, positionoing and details all look terrific to me!

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Comment posted by Stephen Cunliffe on November 29, 2009 at 8:10 PM

This is a delightful image Ellen. A beautiful little bird, nicely posed and very well captured. Looking forward to the Quetzal!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 29, 2009 at 8:25 PM

Ellen, I also think this bird is "delighful". Different lighting and background but it works for me. To my amateur eye there does seem to be some sort of artifacting going on around the background branch tip to the right.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on November 29, 2009 at 9:07 PM

Wow look at him !!!!!!!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 29, 2009 at 10:06 PM

Great to see you over here in avian Ellen, wonderful shot of a tough species, I agree with Ron that there seems to be something odd with that branch.

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Comment posted by Darren McKenna on November 30, 2009 at 11:22 AM

cute little bugger.

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