Coati in Canopy

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 31, 201160 views4 comments

These guys are such a treat to watch ! I have plenty of clean shots of them foraging up close, but for some reason this is my favorite. He is up fairly high on a tree on the banks of a river (Rio Clara). By takin a narrow trail that goes up the steep forested slope along the river, I got to watch him at eye level in his canopy.

I wish his feet were visible

Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Corcovado Natl Park,
Costa Rica
Nikon D5000, 70-300 @ 210mm, f9, iso 400,1/25 ,-0.3 ev

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Steve Canuel on May 31, 2011 at 10:34 PM

Feet not necessary for this one for me. They would lessen the secretive, from the canopy look from the animal. I'd consider removing the vertical vine.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 31, 2011 at 11:44 PM

I really like this coati shot up in the trees. Well done.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on June 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM

Difficult shooting conditions there in CR Anand, but you did very well here to get to eye level with him and to get him nicely framed amongst the dense vegetation. Exposure is perfect and I like the chosen DOF. I also do not miss the feet at all as this is all about the coati in its habitat. The vertical vine is a bit unfortunate, but also very much part of the scene so I would leave it in.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 2, 2011 at 12:02 AM

He looks great. I would, however, experiment with a crop to vertical.

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