This is a Lady Amherst's pheasant, one of the most beautiful birds in the world. It is native to southern China. They rarely fly, so it's almost impossible to take the kind of pictures I really like when pursuing birds. The astonishing color and pattern of the feathers, though, make up for missing flight shots. Because these pheasants travel mostly on the ground (they prefer to walk and run), it's necessary to get down as low as possible for that intimate, eye-level shot that makes such a difference. A tilt-able LCD screen goes a long way to making this feasible without contorting your neck and back in ways God never intended. I used a 500mm f/4 Canon lens, and my settings were 1/200, f/10, and 1600 ISO. I used an on-camera flash because the undergrowth of the forest was so dark. I reduced the power of the flash by 1-1/3 f/stop.
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