Barred Antshrike

[Fernando Cerra]

From last week trip to El Cielo reserve in Tamaulipas Mexico, conditions were not ideal, lots of rain.
Canon 20D, 400mm f5.6, 1/200, ISO 1600

http://www.birdsandpictures.com/IMAGES/Para_Compartir/080703_016_B_Antshrike.jpg

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find, details and soft light and a very nice habitat. I might be tempted to clone out the OOF branch in the upper right if that is something you do. I don't think I've seen this species before, thanks for sharing!

[Fabs Forns]

Cool looking bird, interesting plumage, nice pose and sharpness. Thanks for sharing it!

[Sharna Lee]

Nice looking bird. Very nice sharp detail. Love the light too.

Sharna

[Dan Brown]

Hi Fernando. Great shot! Very smooth background at that high ISO! Very sharp. Great bird also, I would love to see one. I see one leaf entering the frame on the upper right that could easily be removed (I had to find something!). Love it! Dan Brown

[Fernando Cerra]

Thanks for your comments, since I don´t have any flash, used high ISO then cleaned the image using Neat Image. I really don´t know how to remove the distracting leaf without traces !

[Dan Brown]

Good job on the noise Fernanado! I used the patch tool and the clone tool on the leaf at the top right and just the clone tool only on the bottom right leaf. This would be much easier to do before you add your framing borders by the way.

Dan Brown

[Doug Brown]

Like it a lot Fernando! I might be tempted to set new black and white points in levels. Something like this. Thanks for posting!

[Lance Peters]

Love Dougs repost - nice bird - Congrats

[Grace Scalzo]

Fernando, I really like your image. Interesting bird, nice perch, and well composed. Some background elements may not be ideal, but I don't feel that they take away from the overall image. Good job in tough conditions.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the "jungle" feel. The habitat is an important part of this image for me. Very cool species!

[Glenn Bartley]

Such a cool species. The latest repost looks great.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fernando, I've been trying to photograph this guy for some time now, but it is so hard since they move a lot and are most of the time on the lower levels of forest.

You did really well, I believe both versions are fine, but I believe Doug's version has a purplish look, at least on my monitor, this bird presents only two colors, black black, and white white. Great find.

[John Chardine]

I've admired this bird in field guides for years and so it's a big treat to see it in the flesh. Congratulations on a very nice image and I can imagine how difficult it is to capture this species. I like the lighting, composition, sharpness, in fact everything about this image. The subject overpowers the habitat so I'm not at all distracted by the BG.

[Simon Bennett]

Great pose and excellent sharpness around the face - very coll bird too.