Broad-billed Motmot in Costa Rica

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

One more of the Momotidae family.
A smaller version of the rufous motmot, this one also sits and wait for long periods of time while waiting for a prey that could fly by.

Mark IV
600f/4@f/4
ISO1000
SS 1/60sec (it is super dark inside the rainforest)
Fill flash
Full Frame
Edited in LR (minor tweaks)
Sharpened and resized in PS.

Thanks for looking.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Beautiful detail, colours & BG, JC! I would have taken away just a tad of space on the left to place the bird off-centre and to exclude the short branch. But that's perhaps just me - beautiful, regardless!

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful bird Juan Carlos, I assume the light was tough as you have used f4 and a high iso. (More light and a higher f stop would obviously have helped but forest birding does not often allow this). Given the conditions this is a beautiful, simple image of a stunning bird. I like the light in his eye as he looks up. TFS

[Randy Stout]

Juan Carlos:

A lovely fellow. I had the same first reaction as Tobie about moving him to the left a bit.

Excellent,, subtle flash work.

Cheers

Randy

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Juan , good call on the moving bird by Tobie .
The rest is just a great piece of work. Excellent use of flash ,.

Great job, TFS Andreas

[gail bisson]

Very nice! Love the bird and the head tilt.
Flash use is excellent.
I agree with moving the bird a bit to the left, thus evicting the little branch and giving the mot mot more room to lokk into,
Gail

[Tom van den Brandt]

It's a very nice shot of this beautiful bird. I agree with placing the bird of centre.

Cheers, Tom

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, sharpness, details, flash work and BG. I agree with compositions suggestions above. Very well done Juan!

[David Salem]

Great looking bird and a great looking frame. Love the colors, perch and the BG. Well done

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Many thanks to everyone for commenting and for your suggestions.