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Summer Tanager
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Summer Tanager

by Nate Chappell

Gallery: AvianPosted February 20, 2012272 views15 comments
This is another one of the 11 tanager species we had in at the banana feeders at the during the last tour I led at Mindo, Ecuador. I had never had the opportunity to photograph this species in the US so it was nice to get this. It was the first time I had seen this species come in to feed on bananas. It's over 90% of the original image.

7D 500F4 1/160 F8, iso 500, eval at 0, handheld

Comments

15 comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 21, 2012 at 5:12 AM
Great detail and sharpness Nate, particularly hand held
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Comment posted by May Haga on February 21, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Perfect capture Nate.
May
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Comment posted by Verdon on February 21, 2012 at 1:05 PM
you nailed on this one, great detail and pose, the light could be better but as we know not every day is sunday, awesome!!! :wavey: :toast: :wavey:
Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments
Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 21, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Most excellent shot, Nate. Beautiful bird, nice soft tones of red !!! :toast:
Mauro
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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on February 21, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Terrific image of this beautiful bird. Love the details an the pose.
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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 21, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Lovely bird well captured.
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 21, 2012 at 4:40 PM
A beauty that I never knew even existed in the US. Very nice pose and excellent detail. Sweet Portrait Nate :cool:

Ken Archer
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on February 21, 2012 at 4:55 PM
Outstanding image quality especially considering it's handheld at 1/160, Nate. I really like the soft light in this.
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Comment posted by wade pettitt on February 21, 2012 at 6:26 PM
Oh man, this is awesome. I love the overall look to this image frome the soft greens in the background to the very slightly muted reds in the Tanager. Nice eye contact and super nice detail. Well Done!!.
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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on February 21, 2012 at 10:03 PM
Doesn't get any better than this. :toast:
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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 21, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Incredible detail, excellent shot!

Ray
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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 21, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Beautiful bird and image. Perfect pose. I like the simple perch and clean background. Lovely color. Very well done.
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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 22, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Beautiful, Nate! :toast:
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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 22, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Everything looks great to me, nice job in getting this clean shot, I like that you can even see the red in the eye, well done Nate.
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Comment posted by KC Choo on February 23, 2012 at 6:05 AM
Nice one, Nate. I didn't get to see this Tanager when I was there fairly recently.
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