White-lined Tanager

[Kester Clarke]

A female White-lined Tanager with nest building material. The male wasn't cooperative.

shot with a 6D & 500 f/4L at 700mm, ƒ/8, 1/800s, ISO 320, -1/3EV, AV
Vivezza, Dfine, removed two distracting branches.

Comments welcomed. :)

[John Flynn]

Beautiful shot! I love the balance created by the white flowers.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the rich rufous coloration of this bird! I imagine the "white-lined" in the name is featured on the male's plumage? Perfect head angle, nice details. Excellent green BG. The flower looks beautiful, just wish it was not so tight at the bottom and some of the whites on it are blown - well worth checking out he raw file to see if those can be tamed. I'm undecided if the BG leaves are too much though as there is a lot to look at in this image already. As presented I do wish you had pointed your camera down more. I really like the flowing lines of the nesting material.

[Kester Clarke]

Thanks Daniel. It's a heavy crop, so there's room to compose as you suggested. I will try that.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Nice pose with nesting material,Beautiful colors and composition.
Seeing this bird for the first time. TFS.

Regards,
Satish.