Beautiful bird and very nice eye contact and details. I wish the sun would have been behind you and I might remove the bright patches in the BG. Thanks for sharing!
What a bird! Moving to your left would have improved the light angle and evened out the EXP. In bright situations like this using lots of flash can help...
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Nice sharp image with brilliant colors. One of my favorite things about this site, is seeing the variety of different birds from other countries that I would otherwsie probably never have the chance to see. Thanks for sharing this one.
Yes Artie, the contrast was high from the low angle of relatively harsh light coming from the wrong side of the tree trunk. Luckily he did not decide to shift to be fully in the shaded part - I think digital sensors would not be able to handle that sort of dynamic range.
Although a common lowland forest species, this one was really shy & skittish when it came to nesting. It would tolerate only a single photographer hanging around at any one time and would hesitate on hours on end if 2 shooters were present.
Gold Whiskered Barbet
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