I photographed this skulker of tropical forest floors at a worm feeder at Abra Patricia, northern Peru, Oct., 2011. It was pre-dawn with extremely low light under the trees and a good test of ISO 6400!
Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 300 f4 L IS, 1/15, f4, exp. comp. +2/3, ISO 6400, tripod
Love the pattern on this guys front. Certainly not all photo opps at created equal. Some species are just hard to find let alone photograph. Looks sharp for 1/15 - must have been dead still (you and the bird). There is something going on to the left of the bird - looks like some sort of jpeg compression issue maybe.
This is marvellous, such a rare shot, there appears to be virtually no photos as good as this online.
Would love to capture on of these here, species is a little different
result at that ISO is great; really a 10/10 effort
You're right about that something to the left of the bird. It is not in the original file. I cloned it out and reposted. The antpitta was fun to watch. He would dash around in the leaf litter for the worm. Then he would stand stock still for just a moment as if thinking where the next worm might be. I tried for those moments...and held my breath!
Looks a baby robin (the american type)!! Nice low angle, and the techs are impressive and details quite sharp fot the slow SS.. I do wish it was not as large in the frame, especially at bottom for the clipped foot. The mark in pane one is a clone mark at very low opacity...