Summer Tanager at Bosque

Posted by SantaFeJoe on Thu May 28, 2015 8:13 am

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A Summer Tanager taken Sunday at Bosque del Apache. The bird life is totally different in summer at Bosque. This is one of the most intensely colored birds I have seen in NM. It is brighter than a Cardinal and, when it flies, it glows in the air.
Nikon D700, Nikon 500f4, f5.6@1/500 sec.
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by Carol Clarke on Thu May 28, 2015 8:29 am

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Such a wonderful colour Joe, I'll bet they do glow in the air!

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by elauer on Thu May 28, 2015 11:52 am

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You captured this brilliant bird nicely. The grey smooth background allows the colors to stand out even more.

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by Graeme Guy on Thu May 28, 2015 4:22 pm

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This is very well presented. The red would blow out easily. The grey background certainly helps to highlight the bird.

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by Missy Mandel on Thu May 28, 2015 6:30 pm

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Joe, this is a wonderful bird, but I feel like loosening up the crop would really help this image

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by Gary Briney on Thu May 28, 2015 10:29 pm

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Striking color helped by the neutral background

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by Matt Filosa on Fri May 29, 2015 5:23 pm

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A wonderful image to look at.

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by DarrenMcKenna on Sat May 30, 2015 1:26 am

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What a beauty, that is some bright red. As mentioned, a little to tight of a crop, however sometimes they perch where we don't want them to and we take the shot however close they may be.

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