Olive-backed Euphonia

[Tom van den Brandt]

Another lovely Costa Rican bird. The photo was taken in the private garden of a lodge manager. He had some feeders hanging and we were allowed to take some pictures
Cropped for composition.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500mm + 1.4 converter
ISO 400
F 8
1/250sec

Cheers, Tom

[Bill Dix]

This is gorgeous, Tom. Great pose and perch, lovely lighting. The range of colors you've captured in this beauty is astounding, and the complimentary background tops it off. Very nicely done. Which lodge?

[John Robinson]

Bird and perch spot on. Would love a bit of OOF sometning in the back . No big deal though.
John

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice euphonia, good pose, light and BG. Thanks for sharing.

[Enrique Patino]

beautiful. thanks for sharing

[Diane Miller]

What a beautiful angle and excellent sharpness! The eye contact is wonderful and perfect BG and perch colors to match the bird!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Tom a stunning frame with a neat bird in beautiful coloration , No crits . Just very nice .

TFS Andreas

[Richard Flack]

Wow Tom, stunning bird, stunning detail and great perch. Well done for getting the fstop up to 8 and getting detail on the entire bird. Awesome!

[Tom van den Brandt]

This is gorgeous, Tom. Great pose and perch, lovely lighting. The range of colors you've captured in this beauty is astounding, and the complimentary background tops it off. Very nicely done. Which lodge?

Hi Bill,

It's the Laguna del Lagarto Lodge in Boca Tapada.It's really an amazing place in the rainforest with a lot of birds. If you go to Costa Rica you really should go there I think
If you like some more information then let me know.

Cheers, Tom

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the pose and the moss on the perch, nice BG too. The shadows are a bit strong and it would have been better if the tail had not merged with the perch

TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Tom, lovely light, and you have brought out the finer detail very well. Good angled pose, sharp, and I do like the colours in this. Great work.

[Tom van den Brandt]

I like the pose and the moss on the perch, nice BG too. The shadows are a bit strong and it would have been better if the tail had not merged with the perch

TFS

Thank you Arash. You are right about the shadows, I could soften them a bit. The tail would have been better if it not had merged indeed but that's just the moment

Thanks everyone for your comments, it's appreciated a lot.

Tom

[shane shacaluga]

Nice image and great details on the bird. Lovely green tones

TFS

[Mervyn Marsh]

wow this is beautiful, love the greens. sharp as a tact

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty Tom! I like the pose, perch, IQ, BG, DOF, and composition.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image with superb color pallet. Very nice pose, perch, BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.