Masked Water Tyrant

Gallery: AvianPosted December 26, 2015104 views3 comments

Holiday Greetings from Ecuador everyone. I photographed this Masked Water Tryant on Christmas Eve. I have some blinds and little water pools set up near the family property, this species loves the little pools. After taking a bath he jumped up on a perch next to the pools and dried off by preening and shaking. I dropped the shutter speed and iso here to show the motion in the tail and wings while keeping the head sharp.
Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/500 F8, iso 160, Av mode, evaluative metering -0.3, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley head

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 26, 2015 at 5:15 PM

Nice choice of shutter speed, Nate. I don't recall seeing this species posted. It's a neat looking bird and looks like a challenge to expose properly.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 28, 2015 at 7:34 PM

I wondered how you had gotten this close to the bird; I have found them to be extremely spooky. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on December 29, 2015 at 10:01 AM

Well done Nate! It looks like you accomplished what you wanted regarding the motion depicted. The grass on the left of the frame is a little distracting...maybe a 4 x 5 crop to remove it. Still very nice as posted. Neat bird!

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