Amazonian Trogon

[Ivan Sjögren]

One more from Brazil :)
Hope you like it.

Cano 400D
400mm f/5.6 L USM
ISO100
1/400
f/7.1

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Ivan,

The bird is spectaular. I love the colors and the head angle. You did well with the exposure. I think the upper portion of the image is a bit cluttered and distracting, particularly the oof clump in the upper right corner. Perhaps a tighter crop (if you have room) and a little cloning to remove some of the distractions would improve the image. Did you shoot this as a verticle? How much of a crop is this, if cropped? Did you use a tripod?

[Robert O'Toole]

Ivan,

Agree with Jim. Bird is amazing, but its lost in the clutter around. Would be nice cropped or it would have been great if you had a 800F5.6 with you at the time. :D

If you do crop the image later, darken the branch a little to help balance the tones.

Robert

[Ivan Sjögren]

Hi Ivan,

Did you shoot this as a verticle? How much of a crop is this, if cropped? Did you use a tripod?

Thanks for your comments.
Yes I shoot it as verticle. No, it's not cropped. No, I didn't use tripod. :)

Robert I guess we all had thoose times when we need a 800mm. ;)

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely bird, pose, exposure, and sharpness. Agree that its a little cluttered. I would lose the smudge in the lower left

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for your comments. Yes I shoot it as verticle. No, it's not cropped. No, I didn't use tripod. :) Robert I guess we all had thoose times when we need a 800mm. ;)

Ivan, A spectacular bird with a perfect light angle. What you really needed was me standing next to you with the 800 and a 1.4X TC on a tripod!