Pale-mandibled Aracari

Gallery: AvianPosted February 28, 2012302 views13 comments

Here's a Pale-mandibled Aracari from our most recent Ecuador tour. This was taken at the lodge in Mindo. I placed this good sized branch between 2 banana feeders there. I removed one oof whitish area in the bg. It's about 80% of FF.

7D 500F4 1/250 F5.6, iso 500, evaluative metering -0.3, handheld (I had to back up to get this guy fully in the frame).

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13 comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on February 28, 2012 at 9:41 PM

Great looking bird Nate. Good detail, nice soft background, and a very neat pose.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 28, 2012 at 9:56 PM

Great image of the awesome looking bird. I like the open bill. Nice background.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 28, 2012 at 11:40 PM

What a beautiful bird! Nice pose, BG, and great colours.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 29, 2012 at 1:46 AM

Awesome bird Nate, he or she's a beauty

I like that alert pose and open beak, and of course the detail is excellent as usual. I like the way the perch angle's through the frame. Sweet Photo!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by William Bickle on February 29, 2012 at 9:36 AM

Hello Nate

Impressive Capture. Sharp & detailed in dark areas. Love the Talons gripping on tightly with detail, Amazing Eye , !!!

Seems the upper top of beak is soft from DOF & maybe loss of detail from that Hot spot?

Powerful Image of Impressive bird.

TFS

Bill

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on February 29, 2012 at 11:23 AM

An impressive bird, detail in the blacks looks great and DOF is pretty darn good considering the apparent size of this bird and at f5.6

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 29, 2012 at 11:25 AM

Thanks for your comments everyone! I think the upper part of the beak is soft from motion blur more than dof, it was closing it's beak when I took this.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 29, 2012 at 3:26 PM

Amazing the variety and colors of birds in that area. Nice composition, pose, perch and background, way to go.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on February 29, 2012 at 10:58 PM

Stunning.

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Comment posted by May Haga on March 1, 2012 at 10:56 AM

Totally cool bird. Excellent image.
May

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM

Great shot Nate - love the pose and detail

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Comment posted by KC Choo on March 2, 2012 at 7:59 PM

No Aracaris showed up when we were at Mindo in January - very nice capture!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 4, 2012 at 1:39 AM

A fine image of a very cool bird.

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