Red-legged Honeycreeper

Gallery: AvianPosted May 3, 2015302 views12 comments

Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus )

Photographed at Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica during a break in a rain storm.

Canon 7Dii, Canon 400 2.8 w/ 1.4 ext. 1/800sec @ f8 iso 4000. tripod. Processed in Lightroom 4, slight crop for composition.

Thanks for looking.

Comments always accepted and appreciated

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on May 3, 2015 at 6:34 PM

Beautiful, Neil. I like the vibrant blues and the soft light. devil

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 3, 2015 at 8:05 PM

Sweet, sweet, sweet. Envy, envy, envy! devil

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 3, 2015 at 8:16 PM

Teriffic image Neil, love those blues against the green.

Sweet shot! devil devil

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 3, 2015 at 9:05 PM

No nits from me Neil. An exquisite capture devil .............................Jim

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 3, 2015 at 9:23 PM

Excellent image with great colors. Nicely captured. Great result at ISO 4000. Really that high?

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 3, 2015 at 10:16 PM

Beautiful bird and an excellent job on the blues and blacks, Neil. It really pops from that nice green bg.

devil

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on May 3, 2015 at 11:08 PM

Neil,

Lovely shot of a beautiful bird. devil

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on May 4, 2015 at 9:19 AM

Yes, Keith. ISO 4000. I would never have never believed it could be possible until I saw a blog post back in March of two fighting Greater Sage Grouse pre sunrise at iso 4000 that gave me confidence to give it a try. I needed to apply a bit of noise reduction, but not that much. I'm pleased with the results. At least for digital presentation. I've not tried printing any yet so the jury is still out.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 4, 2015 at 10:03 AM

Neil,

Really beautiful, I am amazes tou can get such good results at the ISO, I will have to try my wife's 7D MkII.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 4, 2015 at 1:06 PM

Yes, Keith. ISO 4000.

That's really great Neil. The 7D Mark II is pretty capable at higher ISO's. I've been pleasantly surprised when the exposures are good at how well it does. Thanks for the answer.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on May 5, 2015 at 4:00 PM

Beautiful bird well captured. I had several opportunities on this species in Panama last month and came home with nothing even remotely this good. Well done.

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Comment posted by Todd Bauer on May 6, 2015 at 6:25 PM

Pretty bird, great background. Nicely done.

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