Collared Aracari

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken at a setup in Costa Rica. It was a foggy morning. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f4
ISO 640
f/5
1/125s
Tripod

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and details

[Mark Itol]

Such a beautiful bird. Nice detail and head turn. What's the background?

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful shot, I love the pose and the colours.
Did you apply sharpening? I am looking at the top of the head, perhaps the sharpening mask did not hit this area, (??)the feathers look a tad soft so possibly they had been ruffled??

[Grant Atkinson]

Looks pretty much spot-on to me, super shot and pp work.
cheers
Grant

[Jim Crosswell]

Such a beautiful bird. Nice detail and head turn. What's the background?

Thanks for the comments Mark. The BG is thick morning fog. I have some images after the fog rolled out with a forest green BG as well.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful shot, I love the pose and the colours.
Did you apply sharpening? I am looking at the top of the head, perhaps the sharpening mask did not hit this area, (??)the feathers look a tad soft so possibly they had been ruffled??

Thanks for the comments Jonathan. I did apply some sharpening and it was applied to all the head feathers as well. The fog was a real challenge on this morning.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

JIm, a fine image. excellent head turn and details. nice perch and clean BG. I love look back poses.

[Richard Unsworth]

Abeautiful shot Jim; love these and you dont forget when they come real close.

colors are awesome on this

[Doug Brown]

I'll be in Costa Rica in just over a week and will be photographing Aracaris next Sunday! Good DOF and nice eye contact. I might bump up the contrast just a little.

[Michael Liskay]

A real beauty Jim with revealing pose, a bit of environment and a super pleasing BG

[Robert Holguin]

A very beautiful shot. Love the pose, excellent detail and perch.
Well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

I'll be in Costa Rica in just over a week and will be photographing Aracaris next Sunday! Good DOF and nice eye contact. I might bump up the contrast just a little.

Thanks Doug. Have a great trip and look forward to seeing your images when you get back.

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions.

[Sachin Saraf]

Wow! This is beautiful Image...everything else is said...