Rufous Hummingbird

[Alan Murphy]

Rufous Hummingbird

The Woodlands, TX

D800, 300/2.8, 1.4, ISO 200, f10, 1/200, two flashes at 1/64 power

One from this morning.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely photo. I really like the pose and camera position.

[jack williamson]

Spectacular image Alan. Great composition and everything sharp. I love it.

Jack

[Karl Egressy]

Striking image, Alan. Love the colours, sharp and frozen in motion wings and the flowers. The green background sets the bird off very well.

[gail bisson]

This is lovely.
I love the scale of the flower to the hummingbird.
The leaves and flower are lovely and lend themselves well to this nice comp.
Tack sharp and incredible details in the feathers. Look like fish scales on the throat with the tight scalloped edges.
If I was to nitpick I would evict the tip of the leaf halfway up LHS,
Gail

[Arthur Morris]

Alan, Amazing how you do this with only two flashes....

[dankearl]

A very nice Hummingbird photo. The Rufus looks very nice!

[nrohrbacker]

Outstanding photograph ! colors, wing stoppage, all perfect.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent Alan, love this frame! incredible detail in the hummer and excellent flash work!

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Alan, nice detail throughout. Not much more to say! How are you liking the d800 fps for birding?

[Sanjeevprakash]

Great Shot of the HB Alan.Awesome Work.TFS

[Shawn Zierman]

Gorgeous in most every way.....not suprising.
I liked Gail's idea regarding ejecting the one leaf.
Another consideration might be to tone down some
of the reflective highlights on
the flowers, probably caused by the flashwork....

[Alan Murphy]

Alan, nice detail throughout. Not much more to say! How are you liking the d800 fps for birding?

Hey Miguel, It works great for non action. I have used it for some flight photography. You do miss a few images due to 4FPS, but when you do get one, it's some amazing detail for BIF.

[Peter Seidel]

Beautiful detail Alan. With just the two flashes, how did you set their position? Thanks.

Pete

[Alan Murphy]

Beautiful detail Alan. With just the two flashes, how did you set their position? Thanks.

Pete

Hey Pete, both flashes were at 45 degrees on either side pointing at the bird. The height was just above the bird. Thanks.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very well done Alan, you certainly don't need four flashes to make a great hummer picture. Now, is the BG natural or is that a print of out-of-focus BG?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Your images alays inspire me to get out there and get better. This shot I would love to have. Great detail bg and the flash work is amazing too.

[Alan Murphy]

Very well done Alan, you certainly don't need four flashes to make a great hummer picture. Now, is the BG natural or is that a print of out-of-focus BG?

Hey Juan, the BG is a print of an out-of-focus tree line.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hey Juan, the BG is a print of an out-of-focus tree line.
Thanks for the extra info Alan!

[Peter Seidel]

Thank you Alan - appreciate it.

Pete


Hey Pete, both flashes were at 45 degrees on either side pointing at the bird. The height was just above the bird. Thanks.

[Fernando Cerra]

The bird angle is perfect.

Regards
Fernando

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous image.Love it.

Regards,
Satish.