john jackson
02-03-2012, 08:38 AM
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Black-billed Nightingale-thrush Catharus gracilirostris (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbirder/6200109116/) by jj birder (http://www.flickr.com/people/jjbirder/), on Flickr
Black-billed Nightingale-thrush Catharus gracilirostris San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Canon 7D, EF 400mm f/4 DO IS, 1/400, f4.5 ISO 1600, handheld.
These birds typically sulk in the undergrowth. I was carrying my luggage to the car and heading off from San Gerado when up popped this individual from nowhere. I dropped my stuff and raised my camera, slightly out of breath and with hands still shaking from the weight of the bags, and managed a few grab shots.
It breaks a few style rules (the background is a little noisy and crossed by vines, the bird is facing away and there is no eye contact), but I like it.
Black-billed Nightingale-thrush Catharus gracilirostris (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbirder/6200109116/) by jj birder (http://www.flickr.com/people/jjbirder/), on Flickr
Black-billed Nightingale-thrush Catharus gracilirostris San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Canon 7D, EF 400mm f/4 DO IS, 1/400, f4.5 ISO 1600, handheld.
These birds typically sulk in the undergrowth. I was carrying my luggage to the car and heading off from San Gerado when up popped this individual from nowhere. I dropped my stuff and raised my camera, slightly out of breath and with hands still shaking from the weight of the bags, and managed a few grab shots.
It breaks a few style rules (the background is a little noisy and crossed by vines, the bird is facing away and there is no eye contact), but I like it.