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Blue Dacnis


Blue Dacnis
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Copyright: Peter van Zoest (PeterZ) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1347 W: 72 N: 2864] (9457)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-11
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6 G, Digital RAW
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Blue Birds, Green Birds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-09-27 8:40
Viewed: 810
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Not so colourful as the male, but with the intense green and blue colours the female Blue Dacnis is a beauty.
The Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper, Dacnis cayana, is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is a resident breeder from Nicaragua to Panama, on Trinidad, and in South America south to Bolivia and northern Argentina.
Normally it lives in the high forest canopy and forest edges on various heights. It also occurs in forests and other woodlands. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is brown-blotched white two eggs. The female incubates the eggs, but is fed by the male.
The Blue Dacnis is 12.7 cm long and weighs 13 g. It has a relatively short bill compared to other honeycreepers. The adult male is turquoise blue with a black forehead, throat and back. The wings and tail are black edged with turquoise. The female and immature are mainly green with a blue head, paler green underparts and green-edged brown wings.
These are social birds which eat mainly insects gleaned from foliage, flowers or bromeliads. Fruit is often taken and usually swallowed whole, but nectar is rarely consumed. The Blue Dacnis’s call is a fruit thin tsip or tsri.
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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 786 W: 0 N: 1581] (7256)
  • [2007-09-27 9:19]

Hi Peter
Nice capture.Good POV and sharp image whit nice details and colors.I also like the catch light in the eye.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2577 W: 170 N: 7864] (24859)
  • [2007-09-27 9:44]

Hello Peter,
Excellent capture of this beautiful Blue Dacnis, more green than blue! Great sharpness, lovely colours and a fine composition.
TFS and regards, Ulla

Hello Peter
Very good colours and great detail..the pov is good...a slight shame about the twig leaning into the foreground.
tfs
Paul

Hello Peter,
Very colourful bird you've taken.
Nice details and sharpness, clean BG and excellent POV, well composed.
Nice capture and TFS,
Regards,
Kevin

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2129 W: 9 N: 5957] (22516)
  • [2007-09-27 11:18]

Hi peter. fantastic colours in this female. you have captured them so well. good detail and a nice pose. well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2007-09-27 11:41]

Peter, anothe beautiful capture taken by you in my country. Great composition and contrast. I enjoy saturation too.

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3160 W: 148 N: 4787] (15449)
  • [2007-09-27 12:21]

Hi Peter.
What an amazing bird have been pictured by you. Wonderful colour palette, excellent details of the image and perfect composition. Bravo and TFS. Well done.
Alexei.

hi peter!
colourful and a really fine bird!
sharp with good composition
nice work!

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  • pirate Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 461 W: 101 N: 600] (3035)
  • [2007-09-27 12:26]

Hi Peter
lovely coloursand good compo, good eyecatch but no eye contact great anyway
tfs
Tom

Bonjour Peter,il est vraiment joli ce blue dacnis et très bien photographié.Merci de me l'avoir fait découvrir.
Mich

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2102 W: 6 N: 2113] (13565)
  • [2007-09-27 15:31]

Hola Peter,
precioso pájaro,
original color... :)
bello pov y pose,
saludos amigo.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1902 W: 8 N: 4957] (16017)
  • [2007-09-27 15:34]

Hi Peter,

Wonderful capture of this bird that is new to me. The colors are magnificent - wonderful blue and green. Lovely pose with very good details.

Jane

Ha Peter,

Wat een beauty
Schitterende kleuren in het veren pakket
Prima scherpte en POV
goede details
leuke compo

TFS Thijs

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  • darwin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 256 W: 0 N: 475] (1796)
  • [2007-09-27 19:46]

Hi Peter
Wonderful capture
sharp image with
superb details and color
tfs jon

Hi Peter
Exotic honeycreeper and you've captured her well.
Great blue background.
Good sharpness and nice composition.

Chris

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1800 W: 29 N: 5223] (17114)
  • [2007-09-28 2:06]

Hi Peter,
Wonderful shot of this beautiful Blue Dacnis with such rich green/blue colour and sharp details on its plumage. The blue sky as BG acts as a perfect contrast and lets the bird stand out well. Superb lighting and exposure. Excellent POV and DOF. Very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hi Peter,
The colors are "intense" as you describe, great looking bird.
Well composed with great details and POV.
Nice shot!
Howard

Hello Peter, splendid shot of this bird, I like so much his wonderfull colors very well satured, excellent focus and beautifull blue sky
well done, cheer,
friendly,
Pat

Beaux détails, belle composition et très belles couleurs.
Bravo
Marie

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-09-30 10:07]

Hello Peter

They say that blue and green should never be seen!,THEY haven't seen your beautiful bird.The plumage is beautiful and the details are sharp.Nice placement in the frame.The blue sky makes a lovely backdrop for this beauty.Very good POV and DOF.TFS

Rob

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2422 W: 63 N: 3988] (12860)
  • [2007-10-02 0:28]

Hi Peter,
It's a beautiful bird with great colors. Nice POV and composition. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

Hello Peter just amazing never seen anything like it awsome colours and fine focusing well composed adding to fav have a great w/end rgds Necip.

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  • bobair Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 384 W: 83 N: 1252] (4592)
  • [2007-10-02 18:43]

Hi Peter,
this bird even if not as colourful as the male of the species sure looks very nice to me.I like that green colour very much and you have captured that well.Good focus and detail make this a welcome sight to my eyes.Thanks for sharing. Bob

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1422 W: 127 N: 5219] (23113)
  • [2007-10-06 14:57]

Great bird (again...) Peter ! THe birds in Brazil are so colorful it's unbelievable ! Very sharp image, nicley composed with a nice background and superb colors. Thanks !

Mario

Hi Peter,
I want give you today the 50th points to this lovely colourful pretty bird! Shinning green and blue of this bird is amazing. Great details and DOF.
Regards,

Claude

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