Collared Araçari

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hello every one.
Happy to share this image with you. This pic was made at a bird feeder. These birds love fruit but feeds on many other kinds of food, just to mention some: frogs, lizards, small eggs and chicks of other birds.

Canon MK3
420mm
f6.3
ISO 800
1/80sec
Tripod
Slight crop for better presentation.
PS CS5.
I think I didn't use flash for this one.

Thanks for your suggestions and critique.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely colors and cool looking bird. The fact that the bird is leaning forward makes the composition a little more difficult to handle, and I think you did a good job. Love the vegetation in the upper right.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Juan, the detail and colours on these guys bills never cease to amaze me. With this pose, you have done well with the DOF, considering his large bill ( would rather have the bill in focus than the tail ) Since the leaves in the URC are just appearing from nowhere, I would remove them as I feel they are not adding to the image.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

What a great looking bird Juan! I like the composition and colours. TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image,Juan.Very clean with wonderful composition.
Love the pose.bill,beautiful colors,perch and nice backdrop.

Regards,
Satish.

[Peter Dexter]

Very nice capture Juan Carlos. I really like the angle of the bird and I vote for leaving the leaves in but I would crop the image just above your watermark.