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Bare-faced Curassow


Bare-faced Curassow
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Copyright: Peter van Zoest (PeterZ) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2413 W: 94 N: 5586] (17766)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-03
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6 G, Digital RAW
Exposure: f/4.2, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-18 8:40
Viewed: 629
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
From my archive:
Near the Iguazu Waterfalls is a birdpark. There I photographed this local Brazilian bird. It's the second time I'm posting this bird. The first time was only a portrait.

The Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Source:Wikipedia

83 cm. Male with white belly and tail tip; yellow bill with black tip. Female barred upperparts and tail, chestnut belly, red legs, white eyebrow. Male of Amazonian race has reddish base of bill.
Voice a high whistle PSEEew; booms several paw-nnn, paw-nnn, initial p explosive, like other curassows.

Source: All the birds of Brazil – Souza

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Hi Peter,

Today you are my neighbor :)
Impressive closeup capture!
Wonderful details. The sharpness and POV are perfect with very well controlled DOF.
Great composition!

thanks and regards,
Paras

hello Peter

today we are almost neighbors, excellent close-up photo
with fine POV, DOF and the way the bird it is framed
on the image with leaving a good space infront,
fine focus excellent sharpness and details,
beautiful warm luminosity and colour tones, TFS

Asbed

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 623 W: 0 N: 569] (3264)
  • [2009-09-18 9:02]

Hallo Peter,
Excellent vangen. Heel mooi spelen.
Gelukkig bent u hier aan Brazilië en wij bieden ook de mogelijkheid om de vogel te bewonderen.
Een leuke dag,
Adrian

hello Peter,
nice to see again more post from your Brazil trip. this is also pretty model and great capture with sharp focus, POV, eyes contact of lovely face. nicely composed and noted with good information. thanks for sharing, have a nice weekend
Ahmet

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2926 W: 34 N: 8678] (32330)
  • [2009-09-18 9:50]

Hi Peter. Well i can say i have never seen a Bare-faced Curassow . Its an unusual looking bird but i must say i like its colours and head feathers. Which you picture shows with fine detail and bright colours. I lke the pose with its head turned to one side. well done TFs.
Nick..

hallo Peter
super mooie stoere vogel ,genomen met veel scherpte en goed licht
de krullen op zijn kop vallen goed op
aparte vogel !!
groetjes lou

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 657 W: 15 N: 1642] (6387)
  • [2009-09-18 10:14]

Hello Peter
Nice capture and interesting bird, I like details and natural colors
Regards
Razvan

Hello Peter, excellent shot of this bare-faced with nice pose and fine composition.
TFS and regards,
Deniz

Hello Peter,
a fantastic picture of the Bare-faced Curassow, very good sharpness, perfect exposure with very beautiful colour tones of the plumage, excellent POV and composition with a splendid eye contact.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1073 W: 0 N: 162] (870)
  • [2009-09-18 10:35]

Hello Peter, lovely shot of this beautiful currasw bird with nice composition and details.
TFS and G's,
Mehmet

Peter
What a lovely bird.
Great colors, sharp details.
Mariana

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4703)
  • [2009-09-18 11:10]

Hello Peter,
Although my grandson is seven years old like wild live especially birds and chose yours because is exotic bird and has never seen even in ZOO. Good sharpness, natural colours.
Regards, Pawel

Hello Peter.
Excellent shot of this cute black beauty. Nice composition and framing!
TFS and regards,
Bahadır

Hi Peter.
This is fantastic....Beautiful picture and nice composition..
Details and colors perfect....TFS.
Regards.
Leyla

Hi Peter, what a lovely faced bird which is new for me.
Realy very cute and well fucussed capture. The settings are well managed that the soft lighting enchanced the the details of the plummages.
TFS this and have a nice WE MF!
Cheers,

bayram

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1388 W: 56 N: 4794] (16480)
  • [2009-09-18 15:31]

Hello Peter.
Perfect shot of a this beautiful bird with amazing colours, details and wonderful composition.
Thanks for sharing.Best regards Siggi

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  • cirano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 656 W: 0 N: 228] (4954)
  • [2009-09-18 15:31]

Slav Peter,
Very impressive shot of this different bird with perfect details,sharpness and great POV.Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Dûrzan

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-09-18 16:15]

Hi Neighbor,

Strange how we have been posting at just about the same time. Here it is early in the morning and I imagine it is towards evening for you. I should have let you go first so our birds would be facing one another. The only time I have seen this Curassow was when you posted one previously. A beautiful face with the fine beak and pretty eye. The black feathers are magnificent and you show them in excellent detail. The pose and natural setting are wonderful.

Jane

hello Peter
a bird that I know only from the TV, appears enough familiar, the attribution of colours is very good as the details, beautiful pose and scene
TFS thanks for sharing
Nasos

Ciao Peter. Interesting capture in good sharp and amazing colour's tone. TFS.

Roberto

Hi Peter,
Excellent composition of this Bare-faced Curassow, very good colour and POV. Interesting especies. TFS.
Regards. Ferran.

Hi Peter,
A nice bird. This is a new species to me. The focus is sharp and the exposure is perfect. Have a nice weekend.
JC

Hi peter..
Beautiful bird. i did not see before.. perfect DOF!
splendid details and colors, excellent composition.
thanks for sharing,
Özgür

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-09-19 15:44]

Hi Peter,a very strange specie,obviously i never seen nothing like that before,great qaulity of the pic ,most difficult because in the shadow...excellent work,my best compliments,have a nice Sunday,Luciano

Hallo Peter,

Opnieuw een vogel die ik niet ken, misschien van een dierentuin.
Mooi laag standpunt met goed oog kontakt.
Mooie warme kleuren.

Gert

Hello Peter
I like your serie of very special birds, this one is wonderful too, i have never seen before, great sharp details on his black plumage, nice pose and superb colors
thanks a lot for sharing and have a good night
Jacqueline

Hello Peter,

What I like from this South American gallery, is that we can see a lot of unknown but wonderful species often endemic. Also, South America is not so far from Quebec (5-6 hours air travel). So eventually I will be able to observ in nature and photograph those great species you are showing us...

Here you did a great composition and excellent picture of this so interesting bird! You managed perfectly the exposition so we can see very well the subtility of the plumage.

Nice job and TFS!

Michel

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3005 W: 162 N: 1005] (2941)
  • [2009-09-27 10:16]

Hello Peter,
This is a beautiful bird and very well captured in a fine pose. Excellent sharpness too and perfect light that's brought out the lovely colours of the plumage.
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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