Golden Throated Barbet (Megalaima franklinii)

Blue Mountain National Park, Mizoram, India

14 December 2006

While I was shooting some birds at a flowering tree, this flew in and sat behind some branches. I was lucky to get a good view of this and capture it.

Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS and 1.4xII on Canon 30D using Gitzo 1325 and Wimberly Head. ISO 200, 1/30 @ f6.3, Evaluative Metering at Zero.