Red-legged honeycreeper

[Giulio Zanni]

Juvenile red-legged honeycreeper, shot in Costa Rica with Nikon D3s at 1/250 f11 -1 EV, 3200iso, with 400/2.8 + 1.4 TC.

Thanks for looking, Giulio

[Chad Caswell]

I just love seeing these birds that I have never seen before, and this one is great. only nit would be that there was more room to include the little feather in the lower right. :)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

WOW, what a bird. you got it on some excellent BG with a very good profile head turn. I like the way you have placed the subject in the frame. Thx for sharing this little gem.

[Mike Fuhr]

Is that right -- ISO 3200??

[RAM MALLYA]

Awesome bird captured here loved the clean BG and the perch

[Giulio Zanni]

Is that right -- ISO 3200??

Yes it is right, I needed to stop down in order to get depth of field

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thats the D3s for you...Nice colours and BG...Agree with Chad re little feather in the right hand corner.

[Chris Martinez]

That's a beautiful motley little bird.Looks like you had some fairly low light to work with ISO 3200 & 1/250 but the D3s performed! I like the OOF raindrops scattered throughout the image.

[Greg Basco]

Guilio, nice image. I love these honeycreepers as juveniles, and you did great capturing the detail here. Comp, BG, and exposure look nice too.

Man, I hope Canon comes out with an answer to the D3s soon. We Canon rainforest shooters really need those high ISOs!:(

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Asif Khan]

Wow...never seen this bird before ! what a beautiful bird and yes, how nice you have captured to get the beauty out - the head angle, sharpness and exposure are just right. Great job and thanks for bringing these beautiful birds for us to see. Cheers. Asif

[Pieter de Waal]

Amazing bird Giulio, my first view of this species, TFS. Good detail and head angle. I have never seen such bright red feet. Is this the normal feather colouring or is this bird in transition plumage ?.

[Giulio Zanni]

Is this the normal feather colouring or is this bird in transition plumage ?.

It is in transition plumage, the adult gets all electric blue.

Giulio