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Turquoise Crown
Turquoise Crown
Rgarcia


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Challenge: Portrait Of A Wild Bird (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-510
Lens: Olympus 70-300mm F/4.0-5.6
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Date: Dec 23, 2009
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Dec 23, 2009

The Blue-crowned Motmot, Momotus momota, is a colourful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Blue-crowned motmots occupy a variety of habitats, including tropical evergreen and deciduous forests, coastal forests, mountainous forests, and secondary vegetation. They live on the edges of rainforest, secondary growth forests, and plantations. They range to altitudes up to 4,300 feet (1,300 meters), living near water for drinking and bathing. They eat insects and other invertebrates, including earthworms, centipedes, and snails. They sometimes eat mice and small reptiles and amphibians, and occasionally some fruits.

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Transfer from RAW, correcting color temperature, saturation and clarity.
Crop, Neat Image, Levels, Curves, Dodging in the eye, USM, Resize.

Statistics
Place: 45 out of 138
Avg (all users): 6.1000
Avg (commenters): 7.3000
Avg (participants): 6.2059
Avg (non-participants): 6.0455
Views since voting: 873
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 200
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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01/03/2010 10:59:18 PM
really good detail on the feathers and colors well done
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01/03/2010 10:51:38 AM
Lovely bird! Very nice detail. I might play around with making the background greener and a tad more muted so the bird stood out better.
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12/31/2009 01:41:19 PM
great capture 10
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12/30/2009 02:51:05 PM
Nice shot, lighting is a bit harsh, or over sharpened, cant decide which...6
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12/30/2009 02:07:25 PM
Nice detail.
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12/29/2009 08:41:06 PM
Awesome shot!
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12/29/2009 12:30:33 PM
Great clarity. Nice portrait pose!
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12/28/2009 03:45:59 PM
Yep, that's a portrait. Nice colors and I love the eye.
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12/28/2009 10:15:13 AM
Great colors and wonderful detail. Nice job on the shallow DOF.
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12/28/2009 03:10:49 AM
Nice detail in those feathers.
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