Silver-throated Tanager

Gallery: AvianPosted October 24, 2011240 views10 comments

I had a request for posting more of a portrait of this species during my last post of the tanager and euphonia together. So here it is, this is from the same location, Rancho Suamox in Ecuador, the birds are attracted here by bananas which were are placed out for them. This is about 65% of the original image.

1DMarkIII 500F4 1.4x 1/80 F8, iso 640, Av mode, evaluative metering -0.7, 580ex fill flash at -1.7, tripod, chair

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10 comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on October 24, 2011 at 6:49 AM

Love the setting and the perch. Details of the bird are excellent. Nice image.

Ray

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Comment posted by David Hemmings on October 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM

Excellent capture of this great species of Tanager Nate.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 24, 2011 at 1:15 PM

Nice exposure as this does not look like a fill flash shot and interesting specs (tripod, chair), good job in getting this, well done.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 24, 2011 at 2:11 PM

Thanks for your comments Ray, David and Jim. A couple of people have commented on the chair, when I'm shooting at feeders or water drips I am almost always sitting down if I'm not in a blind. The reason is that you are much more likely to scare off birds when you are standing up, the 2 things that animals and birds most recognize humans as are our heads and the upright standing form (because we are the only animal that stands upright on a regular basis).

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 24, 2011 at 2:56 PM

This is one beautiful Tanager Nate, in fact all the different and beautiful tanager species in Ecuador are mind blowing. Excellent feather detail, nice work with the fill flash. Sweet One

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on October 24, 2011 at 10:23 PM

Interesting and beautiful coloration here, Nate. The perch is thick for the size of bird. However, it has enough texture to be interesting and I like how the bird's body aligns with the branch. Wonderful detail. I wish we had birds like this around here! Fine shot.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 25, 2011 at 10:54 PM

Very nice image here, Nate. I especially like that frayed feather just over the left leg. Reveals lots of great detail there.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 26, 2011 at 3:31 AM

Another wonderful shot of this very attractive species Nate, detail and background are superb!

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM

This is a beauty Nate.
May

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 27, 2011 at 10:52 AM

Seems it's a birders paradise down there Nate.
Love this striking image of a tanager I've never seen..
Very nice

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