Female White-lined Tanager

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Image captured on Trinidad several weeks ago. Practically full frame. A lifer for me. C&C welcome.

Removed a small distracting twig in cs6.

D4S, 1/1600s, f 5.6, ff, ISO 4000, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley Gimbal head.


Geoffrey

[John Robinson]

Hi Geoff. Lovely gentle colour of the bird stands out well against the BG with just a tiny hint of gradation in it.
Pleasing shot.
John

[keith mitchell]

Hi Geoff,saw this bird a few times on my Tobago trip but not through the lens i'm afraid,nice pose on the bird and good detail, all looks good against that nice smooth BG.

Keith.

[Bill Dix]

This was a new one for me as well. The bird has a good pose and head turn, and is nicely composed in the camera. Her color works very will with the lovely green background. Just out of curiosity I tried a copy with just a tiny bit of additional sharpening, especially on the head, and a layer of Efix Tonal Contrast at the default setting of 25-50-25-20, with the layer opacity at 25%. I liked the result, but it's probably personal preference. Nice one.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks John, Keith, and Bill. Thanks for your suggestions Bill.

Geoffrey

[keith mitchell]

Hi Geoff,your self and Bill with your postings of Tobago birds has got me looking back at my Tobago trip,might even have found one of these.

Keith.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Hi Keith, Glad the postings have got you looking back to your trip. Would like to see some of the images.

Geoffrey

[keith mitchell]

Geoff have recently posted a Mot-Mot and a Jacamar and will look for some more.Perhaps we can correspond on the areas that we visited.

Keith.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Keith, After I responded I realized had see your images of the Mot-Mot and Jacamar. Pretty much we took day trips from the Asa Wright Nature Center on Trinidad, and from Cuffie River Nature Retreat on Tobago.

Geoffrey