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Shooting the Andean Cock-of-the-rock in the Wild

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If Andean cloud forest bird photography is on your bucket list, the Cock-of-the-rock is the target — but the lek environment (dense canopy, low light, unpredictable movement) will punish slow glass and timid ISO settings fast.

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