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    Default Chestnut-bellied Mountain Tanager (Peru)

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    I spent the last week in a pretty remote area of the central Andes of Peru. My main target was a kind of "grail bird" the Golden-backed Mountain Tanager. Sadly...I missed that one :(

    I did get some nice images of his cousin the Chestnut-bellied Mountain Tanager that I hope you will enjoy.

    In a few hours I'm off to the North of Peru for 2 weeks and then back home to Canada :D

    All the best!

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    Nice pose and details, hard color combo and you exposed perfectly.
    Typical Tanager pose and I bet pretty skitish?
    Great BKGD. Lovely eye! Cool bird, first time to see this species.

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    A lovely bird in a great pose. Nice perch and background. Overall great!

    I would consider opening up the mid-tones a bit to increase the overall brightness (one caveat is that I am viewing on an uncalibrated screen, although other images in the forum look ok)

    There appears to be some on both ends of the spectrum (checked in PS), but this could well be an sRGB conversion issue.

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    Glenn, Great classic tanager image with lovely color and fine details. Good you found such a perfect lichen-covered perch without distracting branches. I just returned from 2 weeks in northern Peru chasing endemics. We were with Nick Athanas who said he knew you. Looking forward to more Peruvian birds. I'll post a few myself.

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    Lovely images off a Beautifull bird

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben_Sadd View Post
    A lovely bird in a great pose. Nice perch and background. Overall great!

    I would consider opening up the mid-tones a bit to increase the overall brightness (one caveat is that I am viewing on an uncalibrated screen, although other images in the forum look ok)

    There appears to be some on both ends of the spectrum (checked in PS), but this could well be an sRGB conversion issue.
    I just took a look on my calibrated home computer and the brightness actually looks good...

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    wonderful image of a beautiful species Glenn. Nice perch with the lichen on it.

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