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Summer Tanager with Wasp
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Summer Tanager with Wasp

by Nate Chappell

Gallery: AvianPosted July 8, 2016127 views10 comments
Here's one from a few springs ago.  We were staying at a lodge on the Texas coast during the spring and there was a fallout of migrating birds.  There were a pair of Summer Tanagers sitting on the ground outside the front door of the lodge, they were so tired from their journey that you could get very close to them.  They started to revive after a bit and found a wasp nest that they started feeding from.  I cropped this tightly because the area below the perch wasn't attractive and I wanted to have some detail in the wasp.
Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/400 F8, iso 1000, handheld

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 8, 2016 at 6:41 PM
Beautiful detail in the red plumage, Nate, and a very nice head turn.  The tight crop works well here.

devil
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by David Bogener on July 8, 2016 at 7:16 PM
I like your crop.  Perhaps a little tight, but it certainly works.  Great detail and the he pops off that green background.  Prey always a plus.
Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 8, 2016 at 8:07 PM
Can't believe that color. Just beautiful. The wasp is a big bonus. Well done.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Hans Overduin on July 9, 2016 at 6:14 AM
Wow, what a colors and what a shot. The fluffed-up plumage, the prey, the BG - all is spot on ! Congrats devil, Cheers, Hans
Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by Pramod.Shanbhag on July 10, 2016 at 7:16 AM
Superb eye catching colors.The feather details are very impressive. Weldon. 
Registered on May 17, 2016, 29 Posts, 68 Comments
Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 10, 2016 at 11:56 AM
Colorful bird with nice contrasting background.  Good pose and the wasp is a nice bonus.
Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on July 10, 2016 at 1:58 PM
This is one very bright bird you've done a good job by keeping the saturation reasonable. Nice background. Always like it when one gets something in the mouth.
Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 10, 2016 at 3:37 PM
I have always wanted to see and photograph one of these, so sort of envious Nate! sad 
Very nice techs as usual and the meal in the beak is always a bonus!
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by May Haga on July 11, 2016 at 6:11 PM
Very nice Nate.  Excellent detail and the wasp adds interest.
May
Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments
Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 12, 2016 at 11:47 PM
I admire your techs in this image, Nate - particularly the way you got details in all the shades of the red. Your choice of tight composition is also very attractive. The wasp is a big bonus. Great head-turn and soft lighting all add to making this a fine one.devil
Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments