Gartered Trogon Female

[Raul Padilla]

In the north of the distribution range, this beatifull Trogon have a great yellow and black decoration

Canon 50D
Sigma 150-500

ISO200
f8
1/100

crop, bluring the bkg

http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/data/532/Trogon_caligatus_Gartered_Trogon_Female.jpg

[Arthur Morris]

Beautiful bird and sharp on the shoulder. As a result, the face is a bit soft as it was beyond the point of focus. YELLOWs could be toned down a bit....

[Raul Padilla]

Thanks Arthur, what decision you take in this situation?, the head or the shoulders?

you know, we have few seconds for take a decision.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Arthur, what decision you take in this situation?, the head or the shoulders? you know, we have few seconds for take a decision.

For 25+ years I've been teaching folks to focus on the eyes.... With over the shoulder stuff like this you need to focus on the eye or at most, 1/2 way up the neck. Focusing on the side of the bird will kill you but only 100% of the time.

Only a few seconds? I never would have known :). Oftentimes you might have as little as one second or less....

[Raul Padilla]

thanks again, you are rigth as little as one second or less....

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a pretty species! Yep, if there is to be only one thing sharp in bird photography it needs to the eye/face.

Another thing is that with such low SS you really should raise the ISO (and open up the aperture to better blur the BG in-camera + even more SS). Bumping it to 800 would have given you 1/400s...then opening up to f/5.6 you could get 1/800s...much better for consistent sharpness.

Thanks for sharing this stunning bird!

[Raul Padilla]

Thanks Daniel, great read your technical recomendations, i like your photo work

[Peter Dexter]

Raul felicitaciones it's a beautiful trogon.

[Raul Padilla]

Raul felicitaciones it's a beautiful trogon.


Muchas Gracias Peter