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    One hard bird to capture

    btw purple-throated not fronted, changed title but doesnt update - may be a new species here?
    IQ not too bad but 50 crop and taken into the light

    I love this birds call , haunting and I still whistle it 9months later - here he calls its a male!

    taken in Puerto Viejo Costa Rica in October 2011

    they move in parties through the canopy, very high; and keep company with black chested jays, aracaris and toucans!

    7D and 100-400 at 375

    1/125 from tripod Ev +1.66, canopy light from front Av mode single spot focus
    ISO 800 f 5.6
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    Tough bird indeed. In my limited experience in the tropical forest, photographing birds from below, backlit by the mottled light of the forest canopy, is a very challenging task. Add to that the difficulties of photographing a black bird, and you did well under the circumstances. You captured his throat color nicely, and I like the calling pose.

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    Hey Bill thanks for that

    The one pic on Wiki proves that!

    Interestingly its a member of the Citinga family; there arent really any decent shots of it on the net

    I just may find a better one...

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    Difficult environment for any kind of bird image, let alone the extra difficulty exposing black properly under such conditions. Sounds like a very good score for a species that frequent the tree tops, well done

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    Thanks Phil

    Incidentally not citinga but COTINGA lol

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