Yellow Winged Cacique

[dankearl]

Harsh light but did the best I could in an hour birding in the Mexican jungle....
It was either this or extremely dark and shady.
Loud and playful birds....

f5.6, iso640, 1/2500, 400mm (70-200 f2.8 w/ 2X) D610, HH

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[Walker Noe]

I know you know the limitations of this image, so I won't criticize it. I do think it is a very cool looking bird, with a nice perch and BG. Well done with what opportunity you had.

TFS
Walker

[gail bisson]

What a great bird Dan. A new one for me.
I am OK with the lighting here because it is a black bird and you can get away with the brighter sun. If this had been a white bird well, that would be a different story.
Eye looks great and I like the head angle.
The ferns in the RLQ really add a lot to the shot IMHO,
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

What a neat looking bird. I think you did good under the conditions you describe. The birds are where we find them, they control, we adjust. Thank you for sharing.

[John Hackney]

Great capture. Detail and colors came out excellent. Well done on the processing.

[Kirk Benson]

I really like this image a lot Dan, you captured (in less than ideal light) and processed it very well IMO. Great HA in this look-back pose, love the raised head feathers, and the BG is killer good. I'd be tempted to take some off the top of frame... maybe a 6x4 crop. But as I said, I like this a lot just as presented. Very nice work.

[David Salem]

Not bad at all for the lighting conditions Dan. The light angle hit the bird pretty well and I don't see any shadowing at all. The details, perch and BG look great.
I'm pretty sure these are the same Birds I saw on my last trip to Puerto Vallarta. They were displaying in the jungle up by the zoo. Nice work.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a funky looking bird! I like the pose and really neat BG. I do see a fair amount of noise in some parts that could be dealt with. This is new bird for me, too...thanks for sharing!