Common Pauraque

[Alan Murphy]

Common Pauraque

Workshop: Roma, TX

D3, 600, ISO 800, f8, 1/250, Flash as Main-manual exposure.
Probably should be resting after each day of workshop activities, but I cannot resist going out at night and playing with these South Texas specialities :-) Cropped from horizontal. Red eye photoshopped.

[Doug Brown]

Simply amazing!

[arash_hazeghi]

wow! this is super

[Dan Brown]

OVER THE TOP OF EVERYTHING! TOO MUCH!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

This is great! How did you manage to photograph it at exactly the right time? Assuming you used flash as main light. Thanks mate. :)

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great composition..I like the hanging tail feathers and the flight pose and angle couldn't be better. Great IQ and lovely BG.

[Gabi Sandu]

Wow. Another spectacular image. Congratulations.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Agree with all above comments Brilliant capture TFS

[Jim Bridges]

This is the first image where I've seen one in flight and it is superb! TFS.

[Craig Brelsford]

What a Roman (Texas) holiday you're having, Alan. What a night life. Your image seems flooded with light; it seems to have been taken during the day; how did you get your flash to cast so much light?

[Alan Murphy]

This is great! How did you manage to photograph it at exactly the right time? Assuming you used flash as main light. Thanks mate. :)

Hey Akos,

The birds were landing and taking off (catching bugs) under a large flood light. I was able to pre-focus manually and raise the lens. I then waited untill they took off and fired.

[Alan Murphy]

What a Roman (Texas) holiday you're having, Alan. What a night life. Your image seems flooded with light; it seems to have been taken during the day; how did you get your flash to cast so much light?

Hey Craig,

I set my flash to 1/16th power using a better beamer, I was able to get the correct exposure with some light fall off hitting the background. The rest was bringing out the best of the image in post processing. Thanks.

[Matthew Studebaker]

incredible Alan. So many of your shots are like watching a magic show. It's fun watching and thinking "how'd he do that!" Great wings up pose here and perfect use of flash.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great stuff, loved it..thanks for sharing the technic too...

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Alan, this is beyond stunning. loved the wing stretch and your flash work is amazing.

[Pieter de Waal]

Incredible image Allan love the fanned tail and perfect flight pose. The feather detail is remarkable for flash.

[James Salywoda]

Incredible bird and shot Alan.

[Alan Lillich]

I wonder what an Uncommon Pauraque looks like.

[Gary Esman]

very very nice.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks Alan! Great opportunity for you!

[Todd Frost]

Outstanding image Alan. Great job with the lighting as well as PP. Good and sharp. Well done.
TFS
Todd