Couch's Kingbird

[Alan Murphy]

Couch's Kingbird

Roma TX

D3, 600, 1.4TC, ISO 1250, F6.7 @ 1/320, -0.3EV

Taken during one of my workshops this Spring.

[Arthur Morris]

Beyond spectacular. Killer pose, action, and BKGR. Was the bird called to the perch with a recording? (I've spent more than a few days at Roel's place and have never seen one of these down low.) My only wish here is that the bird's upper manidble did not merge with the spread wing.

We will finally get to meet at JBAY in August. I am looking forward to it.

[Alan Murphy]

Beyond spectacular. Killer pose, action, and BKGR. Was the bird called to the perch with a recording? (I've spent more than a few days at Roel's place and have never seen one of these down low.) My only wish here is that the bird's upper manidble did not merge with the spread wing.

We will finally get to meet at JBAY in August. I am looking forward to it.

Hey Artie, yes I called them in. See you in Aug.

[Randy Stout]

Alan:

Very nice, Artie hit the high points.

Was flash used here? If not, the light was amazing.

Agree about the mandible.

In a perfect world, I might tone down the perch just a bit.

Thanks for sharing this beauty.

Randy

[Alan Murphy]

Alan:

Very nice, Artie hit the high points.

Was flash used here? If not, the light was amazing.

Agree about the mandible.

In a perfect world, I might tone down the perch just a bit.

Thanks for sharing this beauty.

Randy

Hey Randy, No flash used. It was quite dark out. Thanks.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Always love looking at your work Alan. THis is over the top of what I have seen. If I really wanted to be critical, I'd agree with Artie's upper mandible assessment. But really, it is a killer image. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Fernando Cerra]

Alan,

Spectacular, pose, colors, background, etc. !!!
I am impressed at the high ISO capabilities of the Nikon D3

Regards
Fernando Cerra

[Ilija Dukovski]

The action is just stunning here. Love it!

[Markus Jais]

Awesome like the one over at NSN. A fantastic shot with amazing color, light and BG. The wing pose is spectacular.

Markus

[Mark Dumbleton]

Ditto Artie on the upper mandible. Superb pose and lovely colours and BG! Well done!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow beautiful one Loved the pose and open bill... congrats...