Hepatic Tanager

Gallery: AvianPosted May 13, 2017184 views10 comments

Here's one from Madera Canyon, AZ last year. This guy was coming in to our feeding station. It was bright mid morning sun so I used some fill flash to reduce the harshness of the lighting.
Canon 5D3 500F4 1/2500 F8, iso 800, fill flash at -2.0, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley head, blind.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 13, 2017 at 5:34 PM

Very nice as presented. Fill flash took care of the harshness of the light.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on May 13, 2017 at 6:33 PM

Nice shot. Beautiful bird on a nice perch.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM

Hi Nare,

Fil flash worked well here. No nits here.............................Jim

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 13, 2017 at 8:47 PM

The fill flash made it seem like there was no harshness to the lighting at all. The colors of the bird look perfect. Great perch and background.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on May 14, 2017 at 9:25 AM

New species for me. Really nice. He shows up well against the background.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 14, 2017 at 2:55 PM

Beautiful bird, Nate. Nice perch and detail and your fill flash worked very well.

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on May 14, 2017 at 5:51 PM

Hi Nate
Your photograph has great detail and color, nice work.
Peter

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 14, 2017 at 7:21 PM

Super detail in the tanager Nate! Great light, perch and bg. Nice use of fill light.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 15, 2017 at 6:19 PM

The lighting is superb. This is a terrific illustration of how well a fill flash can balance color and reduce the harshness of light. Of course, this would be a much better image if there was a head turn. (Sorry Nate, I had to mention that since you frequently bring it up with many of my images.) (a tease of course)

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Comment posted by David Bogener on May 18, 2017 at 10:49 AM

Cool species well captured. I was there a couple of weeks ago and captured many images of this species, but nothing this good. Well done. No issue with the pose or head turn from me.

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