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Common Potoo

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 3, 20172,220 views13 comments

Canon 1D-X, 300mm f2.8 x 2.0 teleconverter, handheld
f6.3, 1/500, ISO400

A Common Potoo, doing its best tree branch imitation. Pantanal, Brazil.

Full frame. Slight selective sharpening of bird.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on July 3, 2017 at 10:35 PM

Amazing job at camouflage by this guy. Even has his eyes shut so as not to break the spell, or maybe to pretend he's not there.
Sure looks like the end of the branch. Good one for this Weekly Challenge.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 3, 2017 at 10:42 PM

This family has such wonderfully cryptic coloration, Jim. This one really worked well-just another stick. Beautiful detail.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 3, 2017 at 11:50 PM

Wow, what a cool bird! Exceptional camouflage!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on July 4, 2017 at 3:14 AM

Wow! amazing colors and camouflage! I've never seen or even heard of this bird before. Perfect shot for the challenge, Jim!

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 4, 2017 at 3:18 PM

It definitely did a good job of imitating a tree branch. That's impressive camouflage. Nicely displayed in this image.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 4, 2017 at 4:16 PM

Hi Jim,

Excellent find and capture. Camo is perfect............................Jim

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 5, 2017 at 12:05 PM

That is amazingly good camo, Jim, having the oof tree alongside works well at showing the effectiveness of the bird's colors and pose.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 5, 2017 at 1:38 PM

What an amazing bird Jim. The detail and the colors are fantastic. Love the pose and the closed eye make it extraordinarily hard to detect at the end of the branch.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 5, 2017 at 10:08 PM

Excellent image and exceptional for the theme, Jim. The pose is great. devil

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 7, 2017 at 12:32 PM

Awesome. I've seen many photos of this species blending in but have never had the pleasure of seeing one anywhere in the wild.

A great subject and image for the weekly theme.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 8, 2017 at 1:43 PM

Hi Jim

Agree with mark's comment. excellent for the theme cool

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on July 15, 2017 at 11:48 AM

Excellent one, Jim......Congrats on the WP here too..... devil

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on July 15, 2017 at 5:42 PM

The bird has great camouflage. No major nits here.

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