Inca Jay

Gallery: AvianPosted December 17, 2011236 views11 comments

My apologies for my fairly long absence from NPN. We have been in Ecuador for a month now shooting and leading trips with little time and intermittent internet access. I haven´t processed anything from this trip but here´s an Inca Jay from a previous trip to San Isidro lodge in Ecuador. This was shot as a horizontal and cropped to a vertical as there was a lot of empty space on the left. This shot has less depth of field than most of my images but I think it works fairly well with this pose and there wasn´t much light available to stop down more. I don´t have a larger version with me.

I hope everyone has been enjoying the holiday season and finding plenty of birds to photograph.

MarkIII 500F4 1/60 F5.6, iso 800, 580ex fill flash at -1.3, Gitzo tripod, Wimberly head

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on December 17, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Great shot Nate of beautiful bird,, love the overall quality and DOF

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 17, 2011 at 6:13 PM

Nice Nate. Love the colors and that sharp eye.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 17, 2011 at 7:18 PM

Very nice work with the available light, nice & sharp where it must be.
This bird has some "wow" colors Nate..would love to see one on the same branch with one of my blues.
Of course that's not happening anytime soon

Well done & Merry Christmas

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 17, 2011 at 7:35 PM

Glad to see your post Nate. I hope everything is going wonderful for you down there. The sharpness of the head and oh the colors. I like the green moss on the perch also with I feel compliments the back of the bird.

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Comment posted by Tim Sommers on December 18, 2011 at 6:24 AM

beautifully dun nice shot

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 18, 2011 at 1:23 PM

Fun shot, Nate. Hope your getting plenty of good opportunities down there.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 18, 2011 at 8:57 PM

Nice sharpness on the face and eye and I like the diagonal perch. The colors of this species are wonderful.

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Comment posted by David Williams on December 19, 2011 at 1:06 AM

Beautiful colors and pose for this great bird, Nate. Look forward to seeing what you get from the trip. Have a safe and fun holiday season.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM

A very interesting and colorful bird but one that looks to very difficult to photograph due to the contrasting colors. Nice job in getting this in the low light conditions. Happy Holidays.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on December 19, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Colors of the bird are great, the blue really stands out. Nice mossy perch, excellent image.

Ray

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on December 20, 2011 at 9:48 AM

Nice and close with great detail on the face

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