Caption

While out on a boat in Costa Rica's Tortuguero National Park early one morning, my workshop group and I were presented with a perfect opportunity to photograph a Bare-throated Tiger Heron. The bird stayed in front of us for five minutes, preening in the light reflected from the water on the river. The curves of the vegetation lent a nice composition to the scene

Date

Sep 11, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Gregory Basco

Reference

BRK26E48_432

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.1Mb (19.0Mb) / 12.2in x 18.2in / 3648 x 5472 (300dpi)

Keywords

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