Cattle Tyrant

Gallery: AvianPosted October 23, 2014127 views5 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4 x 1.4 TC, handheld
f5.6, 1/640, ISO4000

An exceedingly common bird of the Pantanal, but highly curious. I was experimenting with high key backgrounds... The bird is on a recently poured concrete walk at Pousada Alegre.

Full frame, slight sharpening.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Tjie Poo on October 23, 2014 at 2:45 AM

Nice pose, fine details and pleasant lighting. I like the background fading away from the concrete. Well done Jim !

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 23, 2014 at 2:51 PM

Yes, I have seen them a lot in Brazil - lovely species. The pose is great, with the open beak and head turn. Maybe you could try and lighten it up some more for a real high key effect (as you were aiming for that) - but great as posted IMO ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 24, 2014 at 11:55 AM

Nice shot Jim, the only suggestion I would give is to try to lighten the side of his face around the eye just a bit to bring in a little more detail to that area. Otherwise very nice as posted.

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 25, 2014 at 5:00 AM

Jim,
Surprisingly for me the background does not distract at all, i agree with others who have suggested a slight lightening of the face, great pose

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 27, 2014 at 2:57 PM

The setting and pose work very well, Jim. I would have liked to seen the rear leg and tail also in focus.

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