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The eyes of these birds are amazing! the typical alert pose and you manage to get a good shot despite the difficulties. It is not easy to get good results when one shoots birds at night but I would say you came out with a good one.
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Congratulations. These are incredibly tough birds to find, even more so to photograph. I'm not really crazy about his choice of perch, but the Potoo looks great, especially those eyes.
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Hi Shane, a bird I havent seen before, and how are those eyes - quite haunting. Great flashwork, and the Potoo really stands out from the night BG. Moving to your left, would you not have achieved a cleaner BG?
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Love the story behind this sjot!
Looks great for a flash/night shot.
I do wish for a nicer perch but understand that Mother Nature is the boss and decides where these guys perch!
Gail
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Thanks for your comments guys.
Stuart the main concern for me at the time was to get a good sharp shot before the potoo disappeared. I had never used the 50mm lens for this type of shot so was playing it by ear and checking the results on the camera screen every couple of shots. I underexposed a few times and reduced the shutter speed as much as i dared to capture this. The potoo flew off very soon after i got this image into the pitch black jungle. There was thick vegetation everywhere so not sure if moving would have lit up some other foliage in the BG.