Scaled Antpitta

The Scaled Antpitta is a plump ball on sticks. Uncommon and elusive on forest floor in humid evergreen forest of tropical lowlands and foothills. Moves quickly and stealthily on long legs. May be seen feeding or hopping along quiet trails.

Okay, so one of the shots I really messed up on. We had waited hours in the rain patiently watching a dark forested path in the mountains at Hotel Quelitales on word that a Scaled Antpitta would eventually spend a few short seconds on the trail just after dusk. Sure enough it showed up, in the rain and in near darkness. Shooting at 256000 ISO and f5.6 at plus 2EV got me 1/4 of a second and a very shaky image of a Scaled Antpitta. A "record" shot to say the least.