Orange-eared Tanager (Peru)

[Glenn Bartley]

I've been gallivanting around in the jungles of Peru for the past month. What a great place to spend some time! So much diversity! Some of the lodges that I took my groups to have over 500 species on the list of birds seen. Just incredible!

Of all the birds we spotted one of my very favourites is this Orange-eared Tanager. I was really hoping to get an image like this of then feeding at a natural fruiting bush. For my money I'll take a shot like this over a full blown setup any day of the week :-)

Glad to be home!

Glenn

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Flash: On - 1 1/3
ISO: 400
Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful bird, nice setting and composition, Glenn.

[Richard Unsworth]

Great bird, great shot in true habitat, perhaps just a tad oversharpened

[Rich Reich]

Great image of a beautiful bird. I agree that it seems to be a bit over sharpened. It may benefit by moving the bird a bit down in the frame and a bit over to the right.

[Richard Flack]

Hi Glen, beautiful bird and great perch. Love the colours. Agree with the comments around sharpening and positioning. Have an awesome weekend. TFS