This image of a Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythopygus) was taken at 8am, April 19th, 2013 during a recent vacation to Huatulco, Mexico.
A pair of birds were encountered during an early morning walk in an area of un-developed real estate close to the Chahue Marina in Bahia Tangolunda. (154605.93N 960726.19W). After photographing one bird at a distance, which flew-off, I turned to find this bird very close to me.
Image details:
Pentax K5IIs body
Pentax DA*300mm lens
1/500 sec at f6.7, ISO200
Hand-held
Image adjustments
Image was saved in the camera as a RAW DNG file and opened in Adobe Camera Raw with +10 adjustments to Clarity, Vibrance and Saturation being applied.
In Photoshop the jpeg file was given slight sharpening with an Unsharp mask of 225%/0.5pixels/0 levels.
