Juvenile Rufous Hummingbird

[Doug Brown]

Here's another frame from my hummingbird shoot this weekend. I particularly like the feather detail in the fanned tail.

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Canon 1D Mark IV, 70-300mm L @ 229mm, f/18, 1/200, ISO 250, 4 flashes, hand held

[Kasra.Ha]

WOW... Awesome shot. Very nice pose and sharpness
Thanks for sharing

[Sachin Saraf]

Another beautiful capture Doug...Everything is almost perfect...

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful pose, exceptional detail. Lighting is wonderful -- it avoids that flat look that I often associate with flash images.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the tail feather details too! awesome work

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Beauty! Especially the detail in the tail feathers.

[Melvin Grey]

Beautiful 'simple image', Doug. Perfect pose and excellent lighting showing great sharpness and detail

[Rudi van den Heever]

Great detail and what a BG!!!!!!!!!:Whoa!:

[dankearl]

The fanned tail is real bonus, Doug, very nice.
f18? You must have quite a flash setup.

[Lorant Voros]

Perfect in all ways. Looks like you really enjoy the 70-300L lens. Wonder how you position the flashes to get a result so amazing. Thank you for sharing this beauty.

Lorant

[Austin Thomas]

WOW. That pops Doug, well done.

How were the four flashes used? I would guess at one on the background and the rest on the subject. The modelling is very good so maybe you backlit the bird as well as adding directional lighting from the front ?

Thanks for any clues... as it works very well.

Cheers

Austin

[noelle zaleski]

Well done Doug!

Adorable subject :S3:

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow, really nice!! Just a bit big in the frame for me, but the detail is put much more in evidence this way (the tail is superb):S3:

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

That is some amazing feather detail. Nice flash work as well. I am too lazy to get into all that but it sure seems to pay off.

[yogesh_puranik]

10/10 sir amazing details light expo freeze just terrific totall winner

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp city, a bit bright, love the mini-gorget. A bit too big in the frame for me. Right on with the flash work.

[Marina Scarr]

Love the irridescent green on the tail feathers and the red throat. Amazed at the sharpness here.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent flash work & setup. Awesome in all aspects. Thanks

[Ravi Chandran. S]

Amazing shot, Doug. Looks perfect to me.

[subramanya_ck]

Amazing Capture

[Troy Lim]

Excellent, master of handholding for sure. Sharp image. LOVE IT!

[Dumay de Boulle]

I have to agree that the tail feather detail is great..Very nice image Doug!

[Stu Bowie]

Now you are just showing off.:w3:w3 Great choice of f stop, as you have covered the DOF perfectly. Tack sharp, and yes, whats there not to like on the fanned tail feathers. Congrats on another fine HB image Doug.

[Doug Brown]

How were the four flashes used? I would guess at one on the background and the rest on the subject. The modelling is very good so maybe you backlit the bird as well as adding directional lighting from the front ? Thanks for any clues... as it works very well.

I'm glad you like the photo Austin. I used one flash on the BG and the remaining 3 on the bird. One above and behind the bird, one at eye level and in front of the bird, and one in front of and above the bird.

[Michael Lotito]

Doug,

This hummer shot is wicked good. You have everything spot on!

[Doug Brown]

Many thanks for all the comments!

[Jim Fenton]

Simply...I wish it were mine :)