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Rufous Crested Coquette

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Posted by David Hemmings on October 18, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Rufous Crested Coquette
We were thrilled to find and photograph this Rufous Crested Coquette in Peru this past May. Peru is a fantastic place for bird and nature photography.

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal length: 700mm
Subject distance: 7.2 m
Posted by Patrick O'Healy on October 18, 2012 at 12:03 PM
This is certainly worthy of the gallery. Good catch wonderful shot. :toast:
Posted by Max Waugh on October 18, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Lovely specimen, David. All of the ones I saw there looked somewhat ragged. Really nice orange in the crown and the tail. I agree with Patrick that it's worth posting in the gallery.

Max
Posted by jack jaeger jr on October 20, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Really great capture ! Did you feel safe traveling Peru ?
Posted by Rebecka on October 28, 2012 at 11:59 AM
What a gorgeous bird, and a lovely capture! Peru is not safe, Jack? Personally, I wouldn't hesitate to travel to Peru. It's Columbia I'm considering that's giving me pause!