White-lined Tanager

Gallery: AvianPosted March 28, 2012221 views14 comments

Here's a female White-lined Tanager from Sachatamia Lodge in Ecuador. The male is black with a white stripe on it's wing. These birds are attracted to banana feeders at the lodge. The perch is a large fallen branch that I placed between the 2 feeders. It's about 75% of FF.

7D 500F4 1/125 F5.6, iso 400, 580ex flash at -1.7, Feisol tripod.

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14 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 28, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Nice work with the flash, Nate. Beautiful detail, especially in the lareger version.

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Comment posted by David Bostedo on March 28, 2012 at 11:25 PM

Really cool Nate... I'm actually surprised the body was so still with the wings moving so much. Really neat shot - good work.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on March 28, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Wonderful shot. Love the color and the action

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Comment posted by KC Choo on March 29, 2012 at 12:26 AM

Love this, Nate! What a good looking Tanager! Looks like a spot I have to visit. And, there's the rain again!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 29, 2012 at 3:25 AM

Great action shot of this beauty Nate

I like being able to see the separate wing feathers of the moving wings. Perfect use of fill flash.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on March 29, 2012 at 11:17 AM

Love the bright coloring especially set against the blue-green backdrop-neat wing position too. Nice shot Nate.

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Comment posted by May Haga on March 29, 2012 at 1:47 PM

Great shot Nate. Love the raised wings.
May

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on March 29, 2012 at 4:47 PM

Beautiful image all the way around!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on March 29, 2012 at 8:06 PM

Lovely wing blur, the green background really sets off the color of the bird.

Ray

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 29, 2012 at 8:27 PM

I love the background colors and the colors of the bird. Beautiful detail on the bird's body and head.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 30, 2012 at 1:14 PM

Nice bird in an excellent pose. Like it a lot, also the raindrops falling down. The BG looks a little grainy, if it were mine I would try some noise reduction. Other than that a wonderful shot ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 30, 2012 at 8:01 PM

Nice Nate. Love the very unique color of this species. Great motion in the wings and the BG is very nice too. Use of flash looks very natural.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 31, 2012 at 8:50 AM

Very cool species, Nate. Very nice use of flash. The wing and tail movement worked out great while holding great detail in the body of the bird. Great job.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on April 2, 2012 at 4:37 PM

Hello Nate

Nice Detailed Capture. The Fill flash is great to get the details And this amount of Flash makes All appear Natural.
I enjoy the Contrast of Sharp details & movement in the wing feathers & tail feathers.

Makes my Eye , really focus on the Eye/Head area. Great job. !!

TFS

Bill

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