Swinhoe's Pheasant

Gallery: AvianPosted December 2, 20174,960 views6 comments

Here's another image from Taiwan, this was taken at a spot in the mountains of Dasheshuan where these birds are regularly fed corn, so they will come in quite close. It's an amazingly beautiful bird, in this shot I wanted to show off the intricate, iridescent plumage which is best brought out by using fill flash.
Canon 1DX II, 500F4 1/100 F7.1, iso 1250, fill flash at -2.0

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6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 2, 2017 at 5:50 PM

The fill flash did it's job, Nate. Beautiful plumage. The bright blob on the right edge is a bit of a distraction.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 3, 2017 at 5:17 AM

Whoa! What a Beauty he is!!!

The large version is a must see. Those iridescent feathers are awesome. Excellent work with the flash.

Sweet One Nate laugh

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Comment posted by Charles Bell on December 3, 2017 at 10:55 AM

Wonderful detail on a beautiful bird. The fill flash did its job. This is a bird I would love to photograph some day!

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 3, 2017 at 12:38 PM

Cool head shot portrait Nate-the flash brought out the beautiful colors of this pheasant nicely.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on December 3, 2017 at 1:36 PM

Good job bringing out the detail and color in the plumage on this one. My guess is if they are fed corn they are also used as a food source. And they are quite beautiful.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 3, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Thanks for your comments everyone. David, I don't think so this is in a protected forest reserve.

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