Avian Image of the Week for the week ending Sept. 6th, 2013: Juan Carlos Vindas - Costa Rican Pymy-Owl

[Daniel Cadieux]

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

[Marina Scarr]

Huge congratulations on this amazing capture and the IOTW!!!

[gail bisson]

Well done Carlos. Congratulations!

[Melissa Groo]

Congratulations Juan Carlos! That's a well-deserved IOTW for sure. Completely captivating.

[Grace Scalzo]

Wonderful image, Carlos. Artfully done!

[Doug Brown]

Well done Juan Carlos! Congrats on IOTW!

[Diane Miller]

Great image and one where the environment really is an asset. Congrats!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hello and many thanks every one! I really enjoyed making this image and I feel so glad you guys like it! :)

[Jim Crosswell]

Congratulations Juan Carlos!