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Keel-billed Toucan


Keel-billed Toucan
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Copyright: Chris Chafer (sandpiper2) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1847 W: 109 N: 4266] (14151)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Pentax K100D Super, Sigma 70-300 DG Macro, Digital ISO-400, Matin 58mm UV
Exposure: f/8, 1/180 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-08 1:44
Viewed: 551
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi friends. We stayed in the Jaguar Inn, which is inside the Tikal National Park and we had a second floor room. There were a couple of fruiting trees nearby and a variety of birds took turns to come and feed on the fruit over the two days we were there. One irregular visitor was the Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), though they usually flew into a position that was hopeless from a photographic point of view. This shot still has some annoying branches in the way, but I thought it was acceptable to post. They were quite common and we observed them feeding in the canopy around the ruins throughout our stay.

Keel-billed Toucans live in lowland rainforest from southern Mexico through Central America and into northern Columbia. They are a social bird, usually found in family groups of 3 to 12 individuals. They spend most of the day flying between fruiting trees and fruit is their principal source of food. They grow to 55cm (22 in) and the bill can take up one third of their body length. Despite its cumbersome appearance, the bill is made from keratin, a light yet strong protein.
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  • ravish (16)
  • [2009-08-08 2:39]

Hello chris,
I liked the contrasting shades of the background with the subject.Really liked the subject,a very beautiful bird indeed and a nice capture.Liked the composition and the detail on the subject's eye and bill.Thanks for updating my knowledge through the notes.I always love to see snaps of toucans and hornbills especially due to their vivid shades and their bills.
Regards,
Ravish.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3825 W: 190 N: 11396] (35111)
  • [2009-08-08 2:42]

Hello Chris,
I can imagine the experience of having these striking Keel-billed Toucans flying around where you stayed! Wonderful!
This is a great sharp shot of it, the branches removing any possibility of an aviary capture. They are not at all annoying and contribute to the natural feeling of the shot and the lateral POV is great.
Thanks and all the best,
Ivan

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 655 W: 15 N: 1629] (6333)
  • [2009-08-08 3:06]

Hello Chris
Beautiful bird with vivid colors and you capture it with excellent details
Regards
Razvan

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 94 N: 5564] (17694)
  • [2009-08-08 3:28]

Hello Chris,
I remember there were a lot of toukans at Tikal. You made a wonderful photo of one of them. Very beautiful colours and good sharpness. Excellent composition and POV.
Regards,
Peter

Hello chris,
A great capture of this beautiful toucan in its natural habitat
Thanks for sharing this beauty
Albert

Hello Chris,

An excellent capture of this Keel-billed Toucan with such vivid colors, sharpness & details. Well done & TFS.

Regards

Umar

Hello Chris,
This is a wonderful species. What a colorful bird. A nice picture in natural setting. Thanks for sharing.
JC

great snap of senor toucan! :-) the branches are not so bad, on the contrary they add a lot of wonderful nature, and the best
part - the colorful beak and face - is shown perfectly. well done & best wishes, thor.

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-08-08 8:51]

Hi Chris,,how is beautiful this toucans.You was lucky to meet him!! The colors are fantastic,you work very very well,not easy a brilliant result like that in the shadow of the forest.My best compliments,have a nice Sunday,Luciano.

hello Chris
nice composition with beautiful colours and good sharpness
greeting lou

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  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 436 W: 10 N: 738] (3210)
  • [2009-08-08 9:49]

Merhaba Chris!
Gökkuşağı gibi muhteşem renklere ve kocaman gagaya sahip bu kuşu muhteşem görüntülemişsin. Tebrikler.

Hüseyin

Hi Chris,

an very good capture from this beautiful bird that I know from the zoo.
Good pov and sharpness with fine colours.

Gert

Hi Chris,
What superb colours almost a surreal image.Excellent head and beak detail and nice contrasty BG. Great shot and TFS.
erwin...

Hi Chris,

Wonderful shot of the Keel-billed Toucan! The harmony of the colors in this bird is just superb. I like the great contrast between the bird's colors and the sorroundings. The beak and eyes are amazingly beautiful. Sharpness and POV is great as well as the DOF is just wonderful. Very well done.

Thanks for posting.

regards,
Paras Bhalla

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16524)
  • [2009-08-09 23:36]

Hi Chris

Great shot of this Toucan - I have never seen one close to. I have been to Tikal before and am visiting again at Christmas, so maybe I will be lucky! Good eye contact and focus too.

James

Gracias por tu amable comentario Chris.
Tu galería: Una delicia.
Saludos: J. Ignasi

Hi Chris,
phantastic capture in the wild of this incredibly colourful bird. Must have been a very exciting and awarding trip. Don't worry about those "branches in the way", that's nature. My congratulations!
With thanks, and best regards,
Peter

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3001 W: 162 N: 989] (2897)
  • [2009-08-17 11:54]

Hello Chris,
What a superb view of this lovely Toucan! I wouldn't worry about the branches, it looks nice and natural as it is. Focus on the eye and the huge bill is perfect and details and colours wonderful. Well done!!
Many thanks and cheers, Ulla

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