Greater Rhea

Gallery: AvianPosted May 3, 201455 views6 comments

The last weekend I went to Lagoa dos Peixes, a wonderful place for birding in the very south of Brazil.

I liked this photo. It was late afternoon, light was nice.

There was a couple with at least ten young Greater Rhea.

A head of a cow was cloned out in the lower left corner.

f/6.3 1/250, ISO 400, -2/3
Canon 7D, 500mm f/4

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 4, 2014 at 1:49 AM

Cool image, Jefferson. With that wild patch of feathers on the back, I almost expect to see another bird nesting there. Excellent image quality.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 4, 2014 at 4:47 AM

No nits from me Jefferson, I like the composition and agree that the image quality is very nice. Sounds like a great birding place for sure!

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 4, 2014 at 9:05 AM

Great setting, head turn and light

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on May 4, 2014 at 12:07 PM

The large version is exquisite, really shows off those dynamite feather details. Nicely done!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 5, 2014 at 12:53 PM

Nice image Jefferson and I like how the head is raised and lit.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on May 5, 2014 at 1:12 PM

Neat image, well handled.

My only nit is that the positioning almost make it look as if he is growing up out of the bush.

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