Buff-tailed Coronets

Gallery: AvianPosted October 24, 2016210 views7 comments

Here's a couple of Buff-tailed Coronets photographed on our multi-flash setup on this year's Ecuador tour. I wish I hadn't clipped the wing of the bird on the left but I really liked the 2 poses.
Canon 5D3 500F4 1/200 F20, iso 400, 5 Nikon SB-slave flashes fired by 580ex, the slaves can be fired by any other flash, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley head.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 24, 2016 at 6:16 PM

Looks to me like it would be fairly easy to add a touch of canvas on the left and round off the couple of feathers that got clipped, Nate. Very cool action.

devil

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 25, 2016 at 12:02 AM

Stunning. A beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 25, 2016 at 9:24 AM

Nate,
Great action shot, I agree with the suggestion made by Dennis

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Comment posted by David Bogener on October 25, 2016 at 12:19 PM

Wow, Nice poses on both birds. Love the splayed tail. I might be tempted to add a little canvas on the left and rehab the wing?

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM

Cool shot Nate. Definitely worth putting some time in on it to add canvas and wing tips. The image has great detail.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 25, 2016 at 7:51 PM

Nice to get 2 interesting poses in one frame. I suppose you could've always added some space in Photoshop to the left side of the frame. Both birds are very sharp. Nice to see some birds that I've never seen before.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on October 27, 2016 at 11:30 AM

Hello Nate, Very Cool!:) Getting two birds with one snap is always Amazing, much better than using a stone. Both seem sharp and excellent detailed. Thanks for sharing

Bill
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