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    Linda Robbins
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    On the grounds of the beautiful Canopy Lodge in Panama, many species of birds can be lured into photographic range by putting out one of their favorite foods....bananas! Setting up perches of various sizes gives both small and large birds comfortable landing spots, and carefully placing them so that the backgrounds are distant gives the photographs a clean uncluttered look. The banana was placed on a stick below this perch.

    One of my favorite visitors to the feeder set up was the large Oropendula. This was taken on a dark, overcast day last month.

    Canon EOS-1D Mark II
    Shutter speed: 1/50 sec
    Aperture: 7.1
    Exposure mode: Av
    Exposure compensation: +1/3
    Flash -1 1/3
    ISO: 640
    Lens: 500mm

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    A very nice image. I want to go to Canopy Lodge!!!!

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    Alfred Forns
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    Pose and bg does it for me Linda !!!! Big Congrats !!!!!

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    Hi Linda this too was one of our favorite birds at Canopy Lodge when we visited it a year ago last spring. Wonderful eye contact and excellent exposure in this capture Linda. I also very much like the pose and clean BG. Excellent image !

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    Very nice shot of this species!

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    Lovely pose and bird, EiChief :)

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    Cannot wait to join you one day. This is amazing to see such a clear bg with this bird.
    Love the pose and the colors here.
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    Hi Linda,

    What a cool looking bird. The BG is fantastic and I really like the colors and details. Very well done!

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    Gorgeous bird sweet pose and details....

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    Talk about details now. Wonderful subject with excellent background. A perfect image IMHO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arsdel Fluesmeier View Post
    A very nice image. I want to go to Canopy Lodge!!!!
    Arsdel, You can e-mail me for more info on Canopy Lodge. It was a great place.

    Linda, Great Photoshop work on this difficult subject. I love the pose and the perch; the subject just glows. You did leave a bit of banana on the bill...

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    Hi Linda
    Wow 500mm lens @ 1/50sec.
    Beautiful learning shot with increased EV and light flash.
    Ian McHenry

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