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Avian Image of the Week for the week ending Sept. 6th, 2013: Juan Carlos Vindas - Costa Rican Pymy-Owl
Congratulations Juan!
I prefer to see a bird isolated from the background and I guess most people is fond to this kind of image. In the last days I have been facing many obstacles in this approach. I recently visit the highlads of Cerro de la Muerte in the central and hightest parts of Costa Rica in search of the Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl and I was lucky since I was able to find it but it was very very far away and not even with 840mm I could feel the frame with it! So that's why this time I will settle with a bird and his habitat, as you can see it is very well comouflaged surrounded by lichens and moss. You can tell how high I was in my country since Costa Rica is so tropical.
Image taken at 3400 mts above the sea level.
840mm@f/10+MarkIV+ISO2500+ss1/160sec. PS and large crop.
Thanks for your input and comments.
JuanK
