Many-Stripped Canastero

Gallery: AvianPosted March 1, 2015144 views5 comments

One of the few birds we photographed at Papallacta Pass along with the Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe. This Canastero was shot at an elevation of about 12500-13000ft from the window of the van as we descended down from the towers.

Amazing that these guys can thrive at that altitude.

Papallacta Pass, Ecuador

D810
500mm f/4
1/1000s & f/5.6
ISO 1000
Handheld from the van window.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 1, 2015 at 6:06 PM

This is a very cool shot Chuck. I love the overall color palette of the image. Details are sharp on the bird and the perch is pleasing too. The only suggestion I would have is to tone down the exposure of the brighter areas in the lower right corner a little. Great capture!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 1, 2015 at 9:13 PM

This turned out nicely Chuck, a spectacular bird with all those streaks nicely captured. In the larger version the lower right does grab my attention a little bit so if you could tone that down more that would improve this, although that's very minor.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 2, 2015 at 11:11 AM

A very cool looking bird on a fabulous perch. Nice head turn. I too am a bit distracted by the brighter area in the LRC. I did a bit of work and pulled the brights in that area down via some manipulated TK masks. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 3, 2015 at 6:31 AM

Great setting and perch

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 5, 2015 at 2:00 PM

Lovely bird, presented in a very pleasant setting - which makes it a fine image for me ! Well done ! Hans

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