Rufous Motmot in Costa Rica

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

This is a relatively common bird in CR but not easy to be found in the open. They don´t come to feeders so just when found outside the forest is when one gets a better chance as it is very dark inside the forest.

Mark IV
600f/4@f/4.5
ISO1600
Tripod
Natural light
1/50sec.

Thanks for looking.

[Enrique Patino]

Well done Juan Carlos. Great detail with available light.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Juan , stunning IQ for the techs given . Love the colors and the image design .I might remove the leave above the head , if this fits your ethics.

Love it . TFS Andreas

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful image Juan, love the colours and detail. Well done getting it out in the open!
It may be worth doing a version where you clone out the leaf above the bird (given you don't mind doing this) as it does not add anything to the image IMO. TFS.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice clean image ant ISO 1600. Excellent IQ and great light on the head and breast area, Juan.

[Tom van den Brandt]

Good shot of this beauty. Color sharpness and BG all look good

Cheers, Tom

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Great shot - perfect detail on the body & face, nice soft BG! Never seen this bird before - absolutely stunning in beauty!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the serrated beak, HA, sharpness and rain forest feel. I have yet to see this Motmot. Well done Juan.