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Birders

Donkees

(33,745 posts) Sat Jan 14, 2023, 07:22 AM Jan 2023

Colorful Trogon

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/125s 5000 ISO 0.0 EV

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Colorful Trogon (Original Post) Donkees Jan 2023 OP

Really great shot judesedit Jan 2023 #1

That bird looks unreal--literally cyclonefence Jan 2023 #2

I have seen one Elegant trogon .. in south Arizona Bo Zarts Jan 2023 #3

Madera Canyon Trogon Donkees Jan 2023 #4

Amazing. Thank you for sharing. It looks like it is stuffed into a pair of pants niyad Jan 2023 #5

judesedit

(4,602 posts)

1. Really great shot

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 07:54 AM

Jan 2023

cyclonefence

(5,167 posts)

2. That bird looks unreal--literally

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 08:02 AM

Jan 2023

It's breath-taking, but it looks like a fantasy construction by an addled taxidermist.

What a ridiculously gorgeous creature!

Bo Zarts

(26,447 posts)

3. I have seen one Elegant trogon .. in south Arizona

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 09:21 AM

Jan 2023

Naturally, I had the wrong lens on my camera.

Donkees

(33,745 posts)

4. Madera Canyon Trogon

Reply to Bo Zarts (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 09:48 AM

Jan 2023

Mike Waterfall - 2019

Elegant Trogon

E-M1MarkII M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14 lens 420mm f/6.3 1/800s 1600 ISO +0.3 EV

niyad

(134,035 posts)

5. Amazing. Thank you for sharing. It looks like it is stuffed into a pair of pants

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 10:12 AM

Jan 2023

with that white and red.

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