I was really excited to find this fellow sitting out on his branch during my second Ecuador Workshop. Although I had seen Potoos on several occasions this was the first time I found one that was in a good setting for photography. Potoos roost completely still during the day so I was able to slap on a 2x converter and manually focus.
These nocturnal birds sure do have a lot of confidence in their camouflage don't they!
A potoo on a perch that good is a gift, and you used it well. I'm assuming that you used the teleconverter because you weren't wanting to get too close to the bird. If that's the case, note that in The Life of Birds Attenborough walked right up to one, and the bird in response offered a second pose.
I would have placed the bird a little more to the right instead of in the middle as she looks out of the frame. With the bird looking right at you a central composition would be my preference. Nice integration with the perch.
Hey who needs the series 111 converter? This looks pretty darned good to me, I don't mind the central position but I think if ir were slightly off centre it would look a bit better.
A very good reason for their confidence too . The bird just looks likes an extension of the perch . Agree with the point of composition , else an awesome catch with the 2X TC on !!