Yellow Faced Grassquit

Gallery: AvianPosted April 4, 2013172 views7 comments

One from Costa Rica.

Gotta love shooting in the rain forests with those incredible greens for backgrounds!

Techs:

Canon 50D
500mm f/4 with 1.4x TC on a Wimberly head
1/50 @ f/5.6 (yes, a VERY slow shutter)
ISO 800
Flash @ -2

Larger Version provided for critical viewing.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 5, 2013 at 9:29 AM

Looks like the bird stayed perfectly still for you with that slow shutter! Bg is gorgeous, nice comp and bird is nice and sharp. Very nice! Sharon

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 5, 2013 at 10:16 AM

Wonderful species, well photographed under - what I assume - difficult circumstances. Congrats, Hans

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Comment posted by John Sherman on April 5, 2013 at 12:53 PM

Nice exposure - I couldn't tell there was flash added except perhaps an extra catchlight in the eye that could easily be cloned out.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 5, 2013 at 9:21 PM

We are going to change your name to John Hancock. Love the shot!

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Comment posted by Paul Rebmann on April 7, 2013 at 7:57 AM

Beautiful! Great use of the little bit of flash, I also did not notice right away.

Paul

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Comment posted by Jeff Lewis on April 7, 2013 at 6:47 PM

Fabulous shot Keith, excellent job.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 7, 2013 at 9:20 PM

Very nice, love the colors and the background.

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