Chestnut Breasted Malkoha (captive)

Posted by Jim Urbach on Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:00 pm

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Taken at the Miami Zoo some months back when I visited Alex. This bird was up in a bamboo type tree and I concentrated on capturing his beautiful head colors. I believe he's a native of SE Asia.

10D, 600IS, 1.4x, fill at -1 1/3, EV -2/3, cropped from the left, RAW.levels.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:37 pm

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Nice one, Jim. I've not seen this species at the aviary.

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by Karen S on Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:23 pm

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Cool shot Jim. I like it even with the brighter BG. Zoo's can be tough to shoot in. Nice Job

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by Harvey Edelman on Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:43 pm

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Love the bird and would wish for a different BG.

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by Anthony Medici on Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:16 pm

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Personally, I think this is great. Very good contrast between the bird and the background.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:27 pm

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Jim,

I think that if you made this a head shot by cropping down to just above the head and crop up past the dark area of the bird, with a little of the left, it would make it stronger.

Great detail.

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by KK Hui on Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:28 pm

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Shooting birds in captivity can often be very challenging too ...
You had done well with this one, Jim!

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by Jim Urbach on Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:53 pm

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Alan,

I agree with your crop. The top space certainly detracts from the bird.

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by Jim Probst on Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:32 pm

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Jim,

Excellent detail! Very nice portrait!

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by LHays on Wed Sep 10, 2003 5:00 am

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Jim
I never saw this bird when I was there, either. You did a great job with this one.....the Aviary is a hard place to shoot....even if there are a lot of interesting birds. Nice one!!!

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by Rich S on Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:09 am

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Colors and detail are great. Concur on the cropping suggestions. Looks like a good job on the exposure under difficult conditions.

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by Jill on Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:40 am

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Very well done, Jim. I especially adore the beak!! Birds are being added into the Aviary and successful breeding has already occurred.

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by Heather Forcier on Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:14 pm

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Great view of an unusual bird, the eye really gets my attention. I like Alan's crop suggestion and think it helps to strengthen the image.

The colors in the bill are pretty cool, too, I've never seen any bird like it.

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