Rufous-tailed hummer feeding on columnea (multiple flash)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hello every one!

Glad to be back after a lot of guiding! (thank God there's work!)

Today I want to participate with this picture, of course all suggestions and ideas on how to improve are welcome! The most common and probably territorial hummingbird in Costa rica! For this image I wanted to mimic the morning light. :S3:

Canon MK3 + 300f/4 + ISO 200 + AV@f/11 + SS1/125 + Tripod + 4 flashes + FF + Almost straight out of camera


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[John Cooper]

A beautiful image Juan and I think you've achieved your aim re mimicing the morning light. I especially like the modelling provided by you flash set-up. Top shot..!!

[christopher galeski]

excellent image Juan,great BG,beautiful bird and flower,well done.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Gorgeous Juan, love the early morning light, flower, flash work and bird's pose, nice work.

[Karl Egressy]

A real beauty shot, Juan. Love the light effect on this as well as the colours and composition.

[David Salem]

Very nice. Love everything about this one. I really like the comp, BG and lighting. Well done...

[Lorant Voros]

Nice set up, good choice of flower, nice BG and composition. Nice work, Juan Carlos.

[Melissa Groo]

Just a stunner, Juan Carlos. That lighting gives a lovely 3D effect. Wonderful comp, and colors. Thanks for sharing this beauty.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful settings.Marvelous image with 3d effect as said by Melissa.
Love the great composition,pose of bird,colors,beautiful flowers and of course lovely background.

Regards,
Satish.

[Marina Scarr]

Well done on the flash with a lot of details in your HB. Colors are stunning. While I like the background here, I am not sure how natural it looks. What is your BG here?

[Jon Rista]

You are a lighting master! That is one of the best hummingbird photos I've ever seen. Love the mix of greens and reds. It's about the time of hear for red and green, too! :)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Thanks Marina for you comment on this pic. I wanted to make an image that resembles the rainforest, so that´s why I chose this dark green BG that I made from a palm leaf under some shade, I printed it and use it as a backdrop. I am still learning so hopefully, with time I will get more natural looking images! Thanks again! :)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Thanks every one for your kind comments, I am relatively new to this type of photography and all suggestions are most welcome.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Juan, you did very well

[gareth thomson]

Wow that lighting really pops. Very cool.