by Ken Archer
Another beauty from our Trinidad & Tobago trip. This guy seemed to keep a regular schedule as it would visit this fruit tree in the mid-afternoons. The tricky part of making a nice photo of him was not to let the brighter background of the harsh light trick you into under-exposing the bird.
Canon 7DII; 300mm & 1.4x converter; 1/500; f8; ISO 1600; 20% crop all around
All your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated.
Comments
9 commentsSuperb job on the exposure, Ken. Did you use manual exposure? Nice composition and the bright bg contrasts sufficiently with the bird that I don't find it distracting.
Wow, what a nicely colored species - I like this pose and sideview a lot , showing the trogon's typical shape. Great shot ! Hans
Gorgeous plumage, it's a knockout
Excellent exposure & well composed, great details..
I like this sideview, well done Ken!
Beautiful bird and details Ken, image quality looks great even though it's cropped and iso 1600. Wish for a better head turn but they don't always cooperate.
Thanks guys for your encouraging comments on this photo.
Dennis, I did use manual exposure with the use of the spot meter for this photo. I shoot maually 95% of the time, for me shooting in manual mode seems to result in more consitent exposures without too much guess work. For this photo, I took a spot meter reading off one of the green leaves in the same light as the trogon and set the meter at 0.
You really did a very nice job exposing this beautiful trogon under what appears to be some very difficult light.
Beautifully captured Ken.
May
Good choice going with spot metering here Ken. I've shot this species in Panama in similar settings and the background lighting can be very challenging-looks as though you nailed the exposure here-nice work!
Looks like you had a very nice trip. The colors and the setting are beautiful, excellent shot. Ray