Toucan

Gallery: AvianPosted June 3, 2010357 views14 comments

This Chestnut Mandibled Toucan was photographed near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. Full Frame with virtually no Photoshop work done to the image. A couple of stray twigs removed from the right edge. I really like the habitat included in this shot. Interested to hear your thoughts.

50D, 500mm f/4 with 1.4x
ISO 200
1/250 @ f/5.6

Larger image included for critical viewing.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 3, 2010 at 11:02 PM

WOW what a sweet shot! Hope I see something like this down in C/A later this month. Excellent find.

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Comment posted by mark cillo on June 4, 2010 at 1:21 AM

Really cool image! Very unique and compelling!

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Comment posted by Tim Stenning on June 4, 2010 at 2:05 AM

Congratulations! What a great find.

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Comment posted by Dennis Binda on June 4, 2010 at 4:35 AM

this is wonderful Keith, I like to show some of the habitat too if I can and it's fun trying to shoot a pic right so it needs liitle post processing, great job

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Comment posted by Joe Vincent on June 4, 2010 at 6:01 AM

Terrific image Keith! Nothing to nit here. What a find...

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 4, 2010 at 6:05 AM

Great image Keith - love the trunk with all its additions and then this bright plug of gaudy colours - wonderful

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 4, 2010 at 8:32 AM

A great scene showing the bird in it's environment. You couldn't ask for a better setting. The yellows seem a little bright on my monitor. Still a fantastic capture as presented.

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Comment posted by Esme' Fantozzi on June 4, 2010 at 1:05 PM

I really like *everything* of this shot

Thanks for sharing it with us!

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on June 4, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Great Image ! You have so many options to frame this wonderful shot.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Marie Mitchell on June 4, 2010 at 2:00 PM

Nice shot! The composition is spot-on.

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Comment posted by Rick Bowers on June 4, 2010 at 4:07 PM

Fabulous find and image! What a great nest hole with a super bird looking out.

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Comment posted by Douglas Graham on June 4, 2010 at 4:46 PM

LOL. Love this. No nits here, just perfect.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 5, 2010 at 9:00 PM

Very interesting habitat shot, I like the dried out reed coming out from below the toucan as that and they bird are both the lighter colors in the image. Well done.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 31, 2010 at 11:20 PM

I've just found this amazing photo. My lucky day!

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