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Cattle Tyrant
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Cattle Tyrant

by Nate Chappell

Gallery: AvianPosted March 17, 201696 views9 comments
Here's one more from our Pantanal Brazil trip last summer.  The Cattle Tyrant lives often around livestock or also wild animals such as Capybara.  They are often approachable, this one walked up to me while I was lying on the ground photographing it. 

Canon 5D3 500F4 1/3200 F6.3, iso 500

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by May Haga on March 17, 2016 at 4:22 PM
That's a cool shot Nate.  I love the nice low perspective.
May
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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 17, 2016 at 4:27 PM
Nice one, Nate. You probably won't be surprised that I like the angle enlightened. Great techs ! Cheers, Hans
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 17, 2016 at 11:27 PM
Very different image Nate. I like the intimate feel from the low POV and OOF grasses giving a feel of being right there with the subject.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 18, 2016 at 11:52 AM
Wonderful angle on this shot!  Beautiful color on this one, too.

I get the feeling that it is thinking about jumping on your back to look for some food -- a nice thing to happen when you are crawling around on the ground!  ;^)
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Comment posted by Charles Bell on March 18, 2016 at 3:58 PM
Very nice shot, Nate.  I too like the low angle.  Bet you had to clean the cow pies off your shirt!
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 18, 2016 at 5:04 PM
Great low angle shot, Nate. There were times in the Pantanal it was hard to compse a shot that didn't have a Cattle Tyrant in it. 
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 18, 2016 at 7:47 PM
Great angle, Nate, and an excellent job on the techs.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 21, 2016 at 12:18 AM
Great alert pose and excellent details Nate! I like the oof foreground of your low perspective.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on July 20, 2016 at 12:43 AM
Great image. Love the low angle! He's giving you quite the pose. Nice catch light in his eye as well.
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