Guira Cuckoo

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi everybody, today will I was "cleanning"up a little my files I found this shot that I like a lot from one of my very favorite birds here in Argentina, the Guira Cuckoo or "Pirincho" as we call him here, is a bird that reminds me to the Phenix, it is very inteligent and I find this guys extremely beautiful, hope you like it. Enjoy!

XT
70-200mm 2.8
TC2X
Tv 1/1600
Av f9.0
ISO 400
Exp Comp -2/3

C&C are very welcome and much apreaciated!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love this capture Ramon. I tried when we were in the Pantanal to capture one of these but they are so fast and a definite challenge. The open beak and the great head turn puts this one over the top for me. Excellent detail and eye contact too. Congratulations on this awesome image.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hola Ramon,

What a lovely looking bird. Love the punk rock hair do. Very sharp and the open beak is a huge plus.

Excellent work!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

What to say but beautiful!
Great eye contact and light, cheers!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the careful crop with those dark feathers leading into the corner - well thought out. I only wish that we could see a bit inside the mouth, but this does not take away from this fantastic photograph!!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Daniel, thanks for your comment, but as you can see in this picture, the inside side of their bill os very dark, almost black, it is not easy to get details in there :D

[Linda Robbins]

A beautiful portrait of an amazing-looking bird. Beautiful light, sharp detail, and great composition. Love it!

[Jason Searle]

what a awesome looking bird, well exposed with good details and sharpness. A real stand out image, well done :)

[Raymond Barlow]

fantastic as is Ramon, super details, and nicely composed portrait.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks ramon for showing me another example of the dark mouth cavity. At least in the second one you can see a bit of detail in there. I still like the first one though...way cool :-)

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the look at a bird's tonsils Ramon! :D

[Anita Rakestraw]

What a great looking bird for photography! Now I want to visit your country!! Comp, details, clarity, the bird's pose are all great, and its coloring is beautifuly offset by the complementary sky coloring. The not-quite-solid blue sky is neat too. Love the repost also, haha, what did you DO to make him so mad??

[Fabs Forns]

You are killing me, my friend!!!!

Going to have to plan a visit ;)

[Ramon M. Casares]

You are killing me, my friend!!!!

Going to have to plan a visit ;)

Fabs, It will be my pleasure to have you here!!