Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Trinidad and Tobago)

[Glenn Bartley]

Another of my favourites from Trinidad. I had seen these guys before in Costa Rican and Ecuador and always wanted to photograph them. It was awesome to get one at eye level in some late afternoon light. I LOVE tropical birding!!!

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1231/rufoustailedjacamar01.jpg

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Flash: On
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Stephen Stephen]

Beautiful colours and details on this bird Glenn and great head angle. Some people might comment on the OOF branches in the BG but I'd be pleased to have this one in my collection.

[Bonnie Block]

Love this one, Glenn. OOF branches do not bother me.
Eye contact at eye leve, brilliant colors and sharpness= awesome!

[Judd Patterson]

Wow, Glenn, this is quite a beauty. I didn't realize that they had such iridescence in their feathers! The look that this guy is giving you is quite nice. I'm glad you had such a successful visit to Trinidad/Tobago.

[Marc Mol]

Beautiful detail and metallic color Glenn with very nice detail & exp. Only minor nit (and I do mean minor) is the vertical branches in BG.
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Another Gem Glenn, loved the colours, pose and details here.. TFS

[Jim Fenton]

Beautiful subject and nice eye contact.

The OOF background branches are distracting to my eyes.

I would likely tone the perch down a bit.

[Ofer Levy]

Bird is stunning - light, colours, sharpness, detail, pose - all superb! Agree with toning down the bright strips in the BG. Awesome shot as usual Glenn/David...:D

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Such sharpness @ 1/60 !!!!! And the coat seems so mettalic ! In any othe image the BG would have distracted me , here I can't take my eyes off the bird !!!!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Glen, what I like most about this image is the strong composition. Great use of naturally intersecting lines. Keep 'em coming.

[tiziano cei]

1/60 incredible! great shot



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