Milvago Chimango

[Ramon M. Casares]

Well, here's a visitor I really didn't expected that day, he came right before the Roadside Hawk and luckily the Chimango didn't take the bait :p Today I spent three hours inside my blind under a strong rain hoping the Roadside Hawk to come and get some images of him under th rain but ... he didin't...
Hope you like it, comments, crituques and suggestions are welcome and apreciated.

Light was a tad harsh and it is a bit tight but well, it still works for me :o although I probably should have removed the dark area in the LLC, right?

Enjoy.

1/1250Seg.
F4.0
+1/3
ISO 400
MarkII
300mm f4
Blind

[denise ippolito]

Ramon, The pose and the details are fantastic!! Agree it's a bit tight but it works for me too!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I agree about the LLC Ramón.
Otherwise, light is great, awesome landing pose and he / she looks so intense. Congrats amigo. I very much like this image. And your dedication.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Come on Ramon, you can't call this harsh light man, again maybe not the warmest ever, but still pretty darn sweet! Love the pose, eye contact and BG colours. Like you said, I would have probably added some canvas. I would get rid of the light spot in the URC and the problems with the perch have been covered in a previous post as I recall. Great shot nonetheless, Congrats man!

[Amy Marques]

Lucky you to have attracted an unexpected species. Great pose! I don't think the light is too harsh. The dark area on the llc doesn't bother me- but the light spot in the upper left corner does grab my attention.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Lucky you to have attracted an unexpected species. Great pose! I don't think the light is too harsh. The dark area on the llc doesn't bother me- but the light spot in the upper left corner does grab my attention.

Amy, I was so concetrated on the dark area that I didn't even notice that bright spot on top :o I agree that it is also a bit distracting.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose and sharpness look great. Another vote for more room and removing the spots in the upper and lower left. How much did you increase the saturation?

[Ramon M. Casares]

Pose and sharpness look great. Another vote for more room and removing the spots in the upper and lower left. How much did you increase the saturation?

Axel, here's the RAW file so you can see for yourself as colors and brightness ,etc can vary depending on each monitor. What I can tell you is that I am into a TAD oversaturated images :o

[Axel Hildebrandt]

What I can tell you is that I am into a TAD oversaturated images :o

I agree with you on that one. :)

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful, Ramon. Corners are an easy fix. Love the colors, sat looks fine to me.

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet, sweet light, lovely BKGR (except as noted above), and a nice pose. I wish that the wings had been fully spread and perfectly flat but then you would have clipped the wingtips... Is there an English name for this species? All in all, quite loverly.

[Mike Tracy]

Nice definition on the body feathers. The eye is riveting. I wish in a perfect world the shadow below his beak wasn't present.

I enjoy looking at the birds you post I am unfamiliar with and I think you are presenting them beautifully.

[John Chardine]

Absolutely superb Ramón. The lighting, colour and pose are all excellent. I love the species too- it's one of my favourites to see in the far south. BTW, I'll be in BA around 31 Oct-1 Nov 2009!

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely pose and sharpness. I noticed the highlight before the dark part too :)

Great to have him show up, we had missed him :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Absolutely superb Ramón. The lighting, colour and pose are all excellent. I love the species too- it's one of my favourites to see in the far south. BTW, I'll be in BA around 31 Oct-1 Nov 2009!

GREAT! I'll send you miy phone nomber via PM John, just call me the minute you step in BA :).

[Ramon M. Casares]

Well, I couldn't resist, here's an improved version, no more dark and bright areas in the BG, a tad less satiration and aslo bit more room on top, please let me know what you think. Thans again for your kind words and comments!

[Arthur Morris]

Love the repost. Even like the perch. You missed my question in pane 11 above.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Ups, my bad, sorry, for as far as I know the English name is Chimango Caracara, thanks for coming back Artie!

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks bud. It sure does not look much like our bird.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Awesome repost amigo.

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Oshkosh,

Why did you delete this: "I feel it is always better to provide the scientific name and then the English one could be Googled by anyone? :)"

I was gonna say that it is true but not for lazy busy people like me!

[Doug Brown]

Great job with the repost Ramon!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Artie, I believe that the one you have over there is the Crested Caracara (Polyborus Plancus) http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=36140 and it is arround 55cm long, right? We call that one here Carancho and it is much bigger and colorfull than the Milvago Caracara wich is only 35cm.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Artie, I believe that the one you have over there is the Crested Caracara (Polyborus Plancus) http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=36140 and it is arround 55cm long, right? We call that one here Carancho and it is much bigger and colorfull than the Milvago Caracara wich is only 35cm.

Hola Ramon
Y gracias por compartir tan hermosa ave con nosotros.

The repost is great as is the species, thanks for sharing it. I also don't find the light so harsh.
As for the name of the Crested Caracara, the correct Latin name is Caracara chariway.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Juan Carlos, this is what I have found in Google. Thanks for the onfo and your kind words!

Caracara plancus: From south Amazonas to Argentina.
Caracara cheriway: From North Amazonas to USA.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hey Oshkosh,

Why did you delete this: "I feel it is always better to provide the scientific name and then the English one could be Googled by anyone? :)"

I was gonna say that it is true but not for lazy busy people like me!

I realized when I googled the name, that Ramón's original title appears to be the English name, so I was embarassed for overlooking that very fact. I did not mean to imply anything. :)

[Ilija Dukovski]

That is one superb bird and image. Great one!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Juan Carlos, this is what I have found in Google. Thanks for the onfo and your kind words!

Caracara plancus: From south Amazonas to Argentina.
Caracara cheriway: From North Amazonas to USA.

Ramon...
The Caracara plancus is a species I have NOT seen here so far...
That's why I believed you were talking about the Caracara cheriway.
I could be wrong and you right.:):):)

[Ramon M. Casares]

For what I'd guess and for what I have searched in Google it is the same species just different name, although I thought that the Latin name was suposed to be the same everywere...

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

For what I'd guess and for what I have searched in Google it is the same species just different name, although I thought that the Latin name was suposed to be the same everywere...

Ramon...
They are two different bird species...
That's why there are Latin names, to avoid this confusion.
They could look very similar but there must be differences between them.

[Harshad Barve]

This is awesome shot, loved the BG and pose of bird,
Rocking perch , My vote for repost and english names

TFS
Harshad

[Ramon M. Casares]

Well, the Crested Caracara from the link above was created here in Argentina so it is definately the Caracara (Polyborus) plancus. Thanks Juan, I didn't know there were two different species, wonder what the differences between them are.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

For what I'd guess and for what I have searched in Google it is the same species just different name, although I thought that the Latin name was suposed to be the same everywere...

-It can be separated from the similar Crested Caracara by its more extensive barring to the chest, brownish and often lightly mottled/barred scapulars (all blackish in Crested), and pale lower back with dark barring (uniform blackish in Crested). Individuals showing intermediate features are known from the small area of contact in north-central Brazil, but intergradation between the two species is generally limited.-
You can find the whole piece of information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Caracara

[John Chardine]

The caracaras form a small group falconids mainly from central and South America. The Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) is a species that just makes it into southern North America so in a sense is very much the odd one out of the group.

I love Chimangos! The species is very widespread in South America, common, noisy and inquisitive.

[Brian Barcelos]

Ramon, The Milvago chimango is Chimango Caracara in english which is your bird here. There is a subspecies temucoensis in southern Chile and southwest Argentina(more red-brown with heavier markings). Got this info from "Raptors of the World" by James Ferguson-Lees/David A. Christie.

Bye the way this has to be my favorite of your series of Chimangos. Beautifully rendered colors, BG, wing spread and sharpness. Your definatlly in my top 5 favorite bird photographers. Congrats

Brian

[Stu Bowie]

Brilliant IQ, and the light, detail, colours and sharpness are simply outstanding. Your repost works even better. Congrats on a fine image Ramon.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Ramon, what else can one say! Simply stunning photography! Stunning pose, BG and light!
Well done on a fine image!

[Markus Jais]

Fantastic shot. Wonderful color and wing spread. The repost is even better.

Markus

[Ryan Lambert]

Not much to add here Ramon, other than to say a big congrats....

[Kiran Poonacha]

Congarts Ramon, great image... The repost looks great.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

the repost looks much better,beautiful pose,colors and stunning bg!

[Ondrej Prosicky]

Beautiful shot.