Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, Ecuador

This striking toucan is found in the higher regions of the Tandayapa area of Ecuador. While fairly uncommon, it was a fequent visitor to our lodge.

This image was captured handheld at ISO 12,800 on the first outing with my Canon EOS R5 mirrorless body and RF 100-500mm lens zoomed to 500mm. The fantastic combo of both in-lens and in-body image stabilization worked great at 1/800 sec. (I almost never used my tripod on this trip!)

The image quality at high ISO speeds is surprisingly good, but it was rendered almost noise-free with Adobe Lightroom's new AI Denoise function.