Paradise Flycatcher

Gallery: AvianPosted October 14, 2011237 views12 comments

This is a Juvenile Asian Paradise Flycatcher, when it becomes adult it loses most of its body colour and becomes the Ghost Bird.

The head colours are real.

Taken in Sat taal, India, 17th April 2011

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 hand-held

F6.3, ISO 400, 1/2500

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Richard Olsen on October 14, 2011 at 9:29 AM

Excellent capture of this beautiful bird Ken!
The colors are amazing, great feather detail, nice perch!
The light spots in the bg are a little distracting, but very minor.
Congrats!!

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 14, 2011 at 11:20 AM

Hello Ken, wow - what a bird and what a shot !I like all in this picture: bird, colors, perch... The panorama crop also works for me ! Stunning !

, Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 14, 2011 at 1:38 PM

Excellent shot Ken, the pano works well with that long tail.

This is an adult male brown morph APF, the ghost bird you speak of is the white morph.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on October 14, 2011 at 2:17 PM

Just gorgrous ken

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Comment posted by John Tobias on October 14, 2011 at 3:00 PM

A very colorful subject! Nicely photographed. I like that you were able to get the tail feathers in a nice line. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 14, 2011 at 11:37 PM

Thanks every body, it most certainly a beautiful bird.

Nate,

I seem to have received lots of conflicting inormation on this bird and unfortunately do not have an Indian bird guide, I'll just say that whatever it is its a beauty.

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 15, 2011 at 12:00 AM

Wonderful bird and capture, Ken. Good job capturing the spectacular tail. Perfect pose and a very nice look at the eye.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 15, 2011 at 1:46 AM

Wow!!! He's a beauty Ken! Sweet Portrait

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 15, 2011 at 1:49 AM

Thanks Govind and Ken

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on October 16, 2011 at 12:30 PM

I am sure you had a great smile after you took this shot.
Fantastic and lovely feather detail in the larger version