Black-throated Grosbeak

Gallery: AvianPosted October 7, 2016176 views9 comments

Here's another species from the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. This is the female which is all slate gray, the male has a black throat Photographed out the open back window of the lodge coming in to seed.
Canon 1DX II 500F4 1/1000 F5, iso 1600, fill flash at -2.0

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9 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on October 7, 2016 at 7:53 PM

Really nice Nate. The background really shows this gal off well. The flash looks very natural. Well done.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on October 8, 2016 at 12:14 PM

Nice detail in the face and feathers, and a beautifully clean background Nate. Excellent work with the flash as well.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 8, 2016 at 2:40 PM

What a delicate bird, Nate. I love al the black tones .. No nits from this side, great work ! Hans

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 8, 2016 at 5:01 PM

The flash worked very nicely on this one, Nate. Excellent detail in the bird. Too bad the perch eas at such a large angle, but not much you could do about that.

devil

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 8, 2016 at 7:16 PM

Perfect detail, beautiful background and colors.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 8, 2016 at 10:23 PM

Very nice exposure and a great background. Nice use of fill flash.

I need to get to the Atlantic Rainforest...

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 9, 2016 at 4:06 PM

Great catch Nate, I like the diagonal perch and that smooth background really makes the bird stand out. Sweet detail and use of flash. devil

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 10, 2016 at 6:40 PM

Very interesting looking species with a great background and perch, Nate. You got very good details all around. The flash fill also looks very natural. Did you try a higher f-stop to get the tail and more of the perch in focus?

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM

Thanks for your comments everyone. Govind, I would have liked to take some at a higher F-stop but the bird didn't cooperate, he didn't stay on the perch for more than a few seconds.

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