Black-headed Trogon

[Walker Noe]

I am fairly new here, thought I would try posting in Avian instead of ETL. Here is a shot from Belize. The Trogon was in the shade, and a good distance away. D7100/300mmf4/1.4xTC SS 1/500 f/5.6 ISO 1250. Natural light and handheld. PP was some shadow recovery, crop, +1 saturation, NR on BG and cleanup of a few dark BG spots, removal of small branch on left side.

[Peter Dexter]

He is a real beauty. Haven't seen that one. Very nice capture.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Walker, welcome to the avian forum!! Beautiful species and you have rendered its colours very nicely, it gave you a nice look back pose too. Great blues, and I like the feather detail on the back. Vertical composition good. A bit of noise showing on the blacks and creeping up in the BG too (especially the darker areas near and around the head).

[Binu John]

Beautiful bird and shot! Lovely pose and vertical composition. Looking forward to see more here.

[Marina Scarr]

Welcome to the avian forum, and what an amazing bird and image. Love this bird against the green background (BG). Nice pose and you did a great job getting enough DOF to have the bird sharp from the top of the head to the tip of the tail. I agree on the noise in the image, but that's not a difficult fix.