Rufous-breasted Antthrush

Michael, great low angle, good detail, and very nice pose. You definitely came away with some very fine images on this trip.

Fantastic look a this shy bird. Subject isolation is really good and the mossy log is great!

Beautiful bird with unusual colouring. Great eye, and fine detail.
I love the moss and BG, but IMHO seems a bit"electric" and competes with the bird.
Sandy

super shot Michael. lovely low view. looks like a good trip

Sandy R wrote:Beautiful bird with unusual colouring. Great eye, and fine detail.
I love the moss and BG, but IMHO seems a bit"electric" and competes with the bird.
Sandy

Sandy - not sure what you mean by electric - As usual for birds being fed at these various sites no flash is allowed and this was taken inside rain forest with no direct sunlight in fact probably in  a cloud but working fairly close to bird. as usual for these places Angel loves to get the big lens close - really not fair to others with smaller glass or the birders. I did notice that shooting in these conditions very indirect lighting due to super overcast conditions or actually being in clouds - colors pop - when I used flash I usually had it 3 stops under sometimes more and at times I tested it with the hummers and their flashy colors blew off page even w/o flash. Rarely used flash when actually shooting through cloud and thank LR for dehaze slider. This shot is cropped down to 21 MP from 47

PS was well setup by Angel - He had log above viewing area and worms were out of site - trick was getting shots before Antthrush had mouthful of worms - for those un-familiar with some of worms in tropics - the Giant Earthworm can get really big - maybe 3 plus ft long and over 1 inch in diameter

mlgray12 wrote:

Sandy R wrote:Beautiful bird with unusual colouring. Great eye, and fine detail.
I love the moss and BG, but IMHO seems a bit"electric" and competes with the bird.
Sandy

Sandy - not sure what you mean by electric - As usual for birds being fed at these various sites no flash is allowed and this was taken inside rain forest with no direct sunlight in fact probably in  a cloud but working fairly close to bird. as usual for these places Angel loves to get the big lens close - really not fair to others with smaller glass or the birders. I did notice that shooting in these conditions very indirect lighting due to super overcast conditions or actually being in clouds - colors pop - when I used flash I usually had it 3 stops under sometimes more and at times I tested it with the hummers and their flashy colors blew off page even w/o flash. Rarely used flash when actually shooting through cloud and thank LR for dehaze slider. This shot is cropped down to 21 MP from 47

PS was well setup by Angel - He had log above viewing area and worms were out of site - trick was getting shots before Antthrush had mouthful of worms - for those un-familiar with some of worms in tropics - the Giant Earthworm can get really big - maybe 3 plus ft long and over 1 inch in diameter

I had already separated  BG so I toned it downed and removed yellow distractions

Nice shot ! The bird really stand out ! Nice surrounding, colors and sharpness, well done !

Amazing image, compliments.

WOW what a picture and what a beauty of a bird.. Love it every bit..

I would be tempted to remove that second tiny highlight in the eye, as the eye is so prominent in the photo Michael. Still a lovely image!

Carol.

Excellent find and image.

Gorgeous image.

Carol Clarke wrote:I would be tempted to remove that second tiny highlight in the eye, as the eye is so prominent in the photo Michael.  Still a lovely image!

Carol.

Carol - I see your point - did not really look at eye while processing since I did not use flash - but this rainy misty conditions with defuse light did impact eye