Crimson-rumped Toucanet

Gallery: AvianPosted February 28, 2011208 views16 comments

Another photo from our incredible Ecuador trip in May. This bird was attracted by a fruit feeding station in the beautiful cloud rainforest.

Canon 40D, 300mm, 1/40 @ f4, ISO 800, a bit of noise reduction

I apperciate all your comments and suggestions.

Ken Archer

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Alan Murphy on February 28, 2011 at 5:25 PM

What a killer species to come to a feeder. Wish for some fill flash and more room all around.

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on February 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Ken, beautiful colors , nice eye contact and good detail. I would also like a little more room all the way around if you have it. Well done!!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 28, 2011 at 6:16 PM

Cool bird and setting. Nice work in low light conditions.

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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on February 28, 2011 at 6:28 PM

What an angry looking bird

. A really nice specimen for a feeder

. It's a bit tight for my taste but I bet there were load of branches around. Cool capture of a unique bird.

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Comment posted by dan elster on February 28, 2011 at 7:34 PM

I love the low light look to this, it gives it that deep forest feeling. What a bird.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on February 28, 2011 at 9:27 PM

Great detail, comp, perch, color and background. Overall fine image.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 28, 2011 at 9:59 PM

What a great looking bird. Great colors. Sharpness on the bird's eye and feather's look great. Wish for a bit more DOF to hold the tip of the beak in focus as well. Do you have any more room around the image??

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 28, 2011 at 10:08 PM

wonderful subject with a nice pose and really nice detail, Ken. would love to see one of these. I agree about wanting a little more room all around, and perhaps a little more DOF for the bill, but on that count, you were already pretty limited in terms of light and still got almost all the bird very sharp. I'd be happy to have this.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 28, 2011 at 10:08 PM

Whoa, this is one intense looking bird. Great detail in the face. I wish the DOF had been more, but 1/40s I'm just impressed with the sharpness that you achieved. Really well done.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 1, 2011 at 1:26 AM

Wow, what a beautiful bird ! The larger version is really gorgeous !
Mauro

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 1, 2011 at 6:09 AM

Great detail and sharpness for 1/40 Ken Love the setting but woould like a tiny bit more room around it.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 1, 2011 at 11:15 AM

Beautiful bird with awesome colours and details- Great job in difficult conditions (terrific DOF for f4 and excellent sharpness at 1/40)- great skill,Fabio

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 1, 2011 at 5:26 PM

Ken,

I love the intense look this bird has, the beautiful colors, eye contact and pose. This feels a bit tight to me and I think that more room all around might make for a strong comp.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 1, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments about this photo. Several of you have asked about more room for a better comp. Unfortunately this is already very close to full frame, when the bird arrived it was so close to us that I made a couple head shots and then backed as far as I could to keep a clean view of the entire bird.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 2, 2011 at 2:29 AM

Hi Ken,

I guess you couldn't really hope for a much more of an exotic species than this! Truly a beautiful bird and an excellent capture full of detail and vivid colour with a wonderfully blurred background to boot, great job :^)

Murphy's Law was definitely in play by the sounds of it; no doubt you had countless sightings that were simply too far away to get a good shot of, then next thing you know a beauty comes flying in and lands all too close - LOL ;^)

Magnificent capture nevertheless and certainly one to be proud of :^)

Cheers!

Ashley

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 2, 2011 at 10:36 AM

What a colorful and striking bird, I like the feather detail on the larger version and that sounds like a great trip, way to go.

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