Speckled Tanager

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken at a set-up in Costa Rica. The pose is a fighting stance against a Green Honeycreeper. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f/4
1.4 Extender
ISO 400
f/5.6
1/60s
Tripod

[Doug Brown]

Great pose with nice detail! I might move the bird up slightly in the frame. It would have been cool to get both birds in the frame; such incredible colors!

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Great pose, really unique. Love the plumage pattern and colors.nice catchlight, perch, sharpness.

I agree with Doug about trying the bird a bit higher in the frame, would depend on how the perch looks then.

Was flash used?

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Jim:

Great pose, really unique. Love the plumage pattern and colors.nice catchlight, perch, sharpness.

I agree with Doug about trying the bird a bit higher in the frame, would depend on how the perch looks then.

Was flash used?

Cheers

Randy

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I had the flash on but it did not fire on this image. I will try a recrop with the Tanager higher in the frame. At one point the Tanager had a mouth full of another birds feathers.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome pose captured and excellent detail very nice.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great pose with nice detail! I might move the bird up slightly in the frame. It would have been cool to get both birds in the frame; such incredible colors!

Is this the crop you had in mind?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I liked the crop on the repost more. Terrific details in this one, Jim. The angle of the bird is perfect...nice perch, exp., colors, plumage pattern, BG.....loved it a lot. Does full justice to the beautiful species.

[DanWalters]

Nice color and I like the dynamic pose of the bird.

[Stu Bowie]

Striking colours Jim, and thanks for the info on his pose. Your repost does work better.

[John Guastella]

+1 on all of the above comments: fantastic image of a beautiful bird and the repost is definitely an improvement.

John

[Melissa Groo]

Stunning pose, colors, and pattern. THe repost is definitely an improvement. Great BG!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love this frame . Great colours on the bird , the perch is nice and great BG .

[Pieter de Waal]

Like the repost Jim.Stunning image, nice soft light with great detail and colours. Perch and BG compliment the image well.

[Bryan Hix]

Re-post is fantastic. What a great bird. Congrats.