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Vermilion Flycatcher

Posted by Brent R Paull on Tue May 08, 2012 2:02 pm

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From a photo safari to Morongo Valley, CA last week. When I was living in St.George, UT in the late 1980's I use to shoot at a place called the Lytle Ranch Nature Preserve (now an outdoor classroom and research area for BYU), in the Beaver Dam Wash - near the Utah/Nevada border. These gorgeous flycatchers were around but difficult to photograph in 1986. So its been a 26 year drought. Nice to replace those old Kodachrome slides with some far better images.

Oh, I like the oof branch because it has the same curved look as the branch the bird is sitting on, and adds depth to the image. But I can see it both ways.

Nikon D3s body, 500mm lens, ISO 200, Bogen Tripod - Exposure was 1/640 second at f4. Raw converted in ACR.

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by Frank Schauf on Tue May 08, 2012 2:12 pm
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Beautiful portrait, great pose and colours.
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by Alan Murphy on Tue May 08, 2012 3:27 pm
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Congrats on breaking your drought. Looks a bit dark on my monitor and I wish for a different head angle. The bird being in the center is not working for me. Maybe a vertical would be stronger. This guy is in sweet plumage.
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by paleojack on Tue May 08, 2012 4:40 pm
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Brent, I kind of agree with Alan's points, but wow, what a gorgeous bird!

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by tringa on Tue May 08, 2012 8:26 pm
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I love the perch! The shooting angle is steep but I think it works in this image.
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