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Red-legged Honeycreeper (male)


Red-legged Honeycreeper (male)
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Copyright: Ralf Lukovic (ralfsworld) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 492 W: 93 N: 1903] (6560)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-19
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 20D, Canon 100-400L 4.5-5.6 IS USM
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Blue Birds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-08-31 1:33
Viewed: 7946
Favorites: 3 [view]
Points: 52
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Todays post is the male Red-legged Honeycreeper as I promised. Captured in same conditions and location as female. The first ting you think when you see this bird is wow what a nice blue bird and they have name red-legged?

20D 400mm, hand hold.


Some information from wiki:
The Red-legged Honeycreeper Honeycreeper(Cyanerpes cyaneus) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, and on Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago.

This is a species of forest edge, open woodland, and cocoa and citrus plantations. The female Red-legged Honeycreeper builds a small cup nest in a tree, and incubates the clutch of two brown-blotched white eggs for 12-13 days, with a further 14 days to fledging.

The Red-legged Honeycreeper is 12.2cm long, weighs 14g and has a medium-long black, slightly decurved, bill. The male is violet-blue with black wings, tail and back, and bright red legs. The crown of its head is turquoise, and the underwing, visible only in flight, is lemon yellow. After breeding, the male moults into an eclipse plumage, mainly greenish with black wings.

Females and immatures are mainly green, with paler, faintly streaked underparts. The legs are red-brown in the female, and brown in young birds.

The Tobagian race C. c. tobagensis is slightly larger than the mainland forms. The call of Red-legged Honeycreeper is a thin, high-pitched tsip.

The Red-legged Honeycreeper is often found in small groups. It feeds on insects and some berries and nectar. It responds readily to the call of the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl.
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good note guide line
very good picture with amazing colors and great composition
well focused

best regards
aleks

Hola Ralf,
Preciosa composición de este bello ejemplar, gran nitidez, agradable luz y bellos colores, que tengas un buen fin de semana, saludos
José Ramón

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 483 W: 0 N: 1345] (10867)
  • [2007-08-31 2:13]

Hi Ralf,

This is beautiful bird. I've seen it in Tobago but also in Costa Rica and it became one of my favorites. The blue of this bird is just incredible. TFS.

regards,
Zeno.

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  • Bufo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 404 W: 69 N: 951] (4247)
  • [2007-08-31 2:50]

Wow, Ralf
what a bright colours. A fantastic presentation of the bird. IT might be due to my cheap, low quality monitor, but the contrast seems pretty high. HAve you tried to reduce it a little?
Regards, Jacob

Hi Ralf,
What a nice looking bird, you have composed this image quite well I think, with the background lurred the bird really stands out well. Are the colours natural? they seem a bit too saturated to me? But the pic certainly got my attention.

regards Woodymite.

What an amazing specie this is! Blue and red, such a little nature treasure again. This is a great capture with good compo, exposure and details. Thanks for sharing this so lovely specie :)
Claudine

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3396 W: 172 N: 3310] (10940)
  • [2007-08-31 4:28]

Hej Ralf,
Thanks for posting my little favourite!! Very fine capture showing sharp details and bright colours. I agree with previous comments about the contrast - a bit too sharp. But I like the background and the composition is excellent.
Many thanks, Ulla

Ralf - this is another excellent Bird portrait! Great colors and outstanding detail! Bravo! Cheers, Klaus!

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  • Rolf Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 58 W: 0 N: 27] (196)
  • [2007-08-31 6:29]

Nice shot with excellent details and colors!
TFS
Rolf

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5137 W: 166 N: 13121] (49139)
  • [2007-08-31 9:03]

Hello Ralf,
I've seen more pictures of this bird, but this is the best I've ever seen of this Honeycreeper. (In dutch: Blue Sugarbird).
I know these colours are real. Perfect!
Regards,
Peter

Hello Ralf,
Wonderful compo. Superb background. Very beautiful bird indeed, you captured here.
Well done
TFS
Annick

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  • nimou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 148 W: 1 N: 687] (3171)
  • [2007-08-31 13:13]

Excellent picture, nice composition and colors.
Very good details.

Regards.

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1114 W: 0 N: 2546] (11425)
  • [2007-08-31 14:53]

Hi Ralf
Beautiful image.Sharpness and color are outstanding.Beautiful details and catch light in the eye.Me to I wonder about the name.
TFS Michel

Hello Ralf the colour just pops out of the screen very nice indeed and a good pose clear with fine sharpness tfs rgds Necip.

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1175 W: 8 N: 4240] (15809)
  • [2007-08-31 17:40]

Hi Ralf.- Just one word. "Beatiful photo" Luis52.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1538 W: 5 N: 2240] (12636)
  • [2007-09-01 5:41]

Superbe contraste de couleurs et parfaite netteté.
Bravo et merci pour le partage.
Joseph

Hi ralf,
what a nice capture of this very beautiful bird with great coloration, details, sharpness, POV/DOF and eye contact. also frame very nice. good note. TFS
well done
Ahmet

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5038 W: 260 N: 15594] (50626)
  • [2007-09-03 13:22]

Hej Ralf,
This is superb!
Just how I rember the Red-legged Honeycreeper when I saw it in Trinidad, but that was before I had the equipment to photograph birds. Beautiful colour rendition, sharp and with excellent BG.
Well done and TFS!
Hälsningar,
Ivan

Lycka till med blĺhaken!

This is a very good image. One that should be on print, and on some cards.
The blue on my monitor is so nice, as is the background.
Perfect composition.

Great red legs :)

Very attractive species and well captured and exposed. Good composition, love the green background, it proviodes good contrast against that bright blue plumage.

cheers
Chris

Hello Ralf,

What a joke!!! Naming that superb bird a "red-legged"!!! Sometimes taxonomists are just ridiculous!!! The blue feathers of this magnificient bird is so wonderful, so remarkable... It is like a flying jewel! You also get a great POV and did a great composition!

And what about the nice bg enhancing the subject!

TFS!

Michel

Wow great shot
very beatifull bird
the colours are fantastic
very good focus
well done
Toba

Dear Ralf!
This bird is so blue that at first view I could not believe that it is natural :)
A lot of different and true things were written by other TN members before this comment so I will write just simple: I like it a lot! :>
TFS and have a nice weekend!
Radomir

amazing flying jewel, TFS Ori

Hi, Ralf:
This is a really beautiful picture
excellent work
regards,
Mauricio

Excellent shot! The vibrant colours and sharp focus look wonderful.

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