Flame Colored Tanager

Gallery: AvianPosted December 22, 2010478 views12 comments

This female Flame Colored Tanager was photographed in Costa Rica in the Savegre Valley. She landed on this perch and posed for a few seconds before taking off again. It was pretty wet and as you can see, her feathers were a little matted down (especially on the head). The background is simply distant trees.

Techs: Canon 5D, 500mm f/4 with 1.4x
1/100 @ f/5.6, ISO 500
Aperture priority at 0EV
580 EX Flash @ -2

Small amount of noise reduction on the background
Approximately 75% of full Frame

Larger version included for more detail.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 22, 2010 at 5:26 PM

Nice shot Keith. The beak on this species is really interesting. Good job getting the shot with such little time. Not easy.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 22, 2010 at 5:34 PM

Good one, Keith. Lots of feather detail, color is fab, and I really like the perch.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 22, 2010 at 5:44 PM

Impressive, especially taken in the field.

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on December 22, 2010 at 6:08 PM

A great image, I really like the perch too

Well done.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on December 22, 2010 at 6:42 PM

Awesome. Wish it was mine.

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on December 22, 2010 at 9:00 PM

Keith, simple and to the point. Nice background and great color. Well done!!!

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on December 22, 2010 at 9:33 PM

Really terrific Keith, what a beautiful bird!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM

That's a really beautiful bird and capture Keith

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 23, 2010 at 8:42 AM

Excellent as posted Keith. The bird reflects the wet conditions well and I really like the perch. What an interesting beak.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on December 23, 2010 at 11:41 AM

Keith,
really a nice bird so well captured. A beauty.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on December 23, 2010 at 5:36 PM

Beautiful bird, Keith. Nice pose.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Bryan Hix on December 23, 2010 at 11:05 PM

Keith, this rocks. Nice job, wouldn't change a thing.

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