Clay-colored Thrush

[Jim Crosswell]

This is the national bird of Costa Rica. This image was taken in February and is a set-up, banana was used as an attractant. The image is full frame. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1250
f8
1/400s
Tripod

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Great eye, sharp, well exposed, neat perch, like the small curl by foot.

Crop works for his pose. Just enough texture in the bg to be effective for me.
Nicely done.

Cheers

Randy

[David Salem]

Great look at this unique bird. Everything came together nicely here. Doesn't get much better. Well done

[Tom van den Brandt]

I have been to Costa Rica too Jim so I have seen these guys:S3: What surprised me was that this was the national bird, you would think that they would have chosen one of the more colorful birds. They have enough:bugeyed: One guy told me that they had chosen this one because he can sing so beautiful. And that's true.

I like the setup with the nice clean BG and perch. The pose is good too. TFS

Tom

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jim, great inquisitive pose, and lovely feather detail. I do like the smooth BG too. That curly piece of foliage keeps drawing my eye, but its unique and adds to the image. Maybe a touch off the top.

[keith mitchell]

Jim you have made what is a fairly drab looking bird into a fine looking image, lovely feather detail and a nice clean BG.

Cheers Keith.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Nice eye contact, from this, IMO attractive bird. Keith makes a good point too, and you did well showing the finer feather, and eye details. Like your setup also.





Geoffrey

[John Robinson]

Don't know about a "clean" background but there's just enough detail in there for me. Lovely shot of a drab bird.
Good one.
John

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments and suggestions.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jim , very nice clean image with great colors and tones . Superb processed , i would just give the mid tones a slight boost for more tonal depth.

TFS Andreas

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot, Jim! Excellent perch, details, background, colors and processing! Love that curious look on his/her face.

[Vijayashankara Nanjegowda]

Very good capture