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Of the about 8,000 hummingbird images that I created in 4 1/2 days in Ecuador this past week, this may very well be my favorite. I used the high speed flash techniqes taught to me by Linda Robbins. The combination of the tripod-mounted 400mm DO lens and the MIII were deadly. ISO 400. Manual: 1/300 sec. at f/22. Five slaved flashes plus one slaved background flash.
Chestnut-breasted Coronet (pictured here) was my favorite hummer of the trip.
Don't be shy; all comments welcome.
Way to go Artie! Love the wing and head position, along with the visible feet. And welcome back.
I love these hummer photos and I am wairing for linda's technique to be published.
there is a green blob in the lrc that seams out of place
What a pose, I can see why it would your fav, not the usual frontal view. Love the soft background and the little feet :)
love those feet!!!! great capture, artie. i like the unusual pose. nice work.
Quite a pose. You've really stopped those wings! Welcome back.
Really like your subject, technicals and pose of. I saved this and added canvas on the bottom, got rid of the negative space on the left and feel it makes for a stronger image. I hope I haven't offended the maestro.
Out of the box pose and eye contact makes this image for me.
A wonderful image with a great pose. Amazing that with 6 flashes it doesn't have that "flashed " look. You might consider cropping some from the left. The following are some extremely minor nits: I agree with John that the hard bottom edges of the green blob in the lower right corner look like you forgot to blend them - or something. There are two small spots (one white, one black) on either side of the upper wing and a dust spot just above the head.
As per the title the hummer looks like it is banking ( or backing ) to exit left...the empty space there gives it room to fly into. I like it!! Agree with the LRC though.
Nice work Artie. Works for me just fine.
Awesome image Artie and the pose is over the top !!! Welcome back and loof forward to seeing more.
Thanks all for your comments and suggestions. Ten hours a day photographing, a few more teaching, too many images, and too little time led to some sloppy work. Here is the re-post without the dust spots (even the best auto-cleaning sensors miss a few at f/22) and without the mess in the lrc. (See the original with comments in the pane below.)
Just getting a hummer totally in the frame, separated from the feeder and from other birds iin the frame, and in sharp focus is quite a challenge. I routinely add canvas to the image and eliminate the feeder (as I did here). With the variegated background I could not use Quick Masks on the right side of the image. I resorted to the clone stamp and sloppy technique led to the mess in the lrc.
This is great Arthur, I love the wing position and the lighting is out of this world, it doesn´t look the light coming from six flashes, very natural and nice. 1/300s at f22???? wow!!!!
Hi Artie! I love the hummingbirds with a 6 flash set-up. This one is particularly nice with a beautiful background. Do you suppose Linda would do a "how-to" article for the magazine?
Clean BG and a really unique pose. Well done
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Originally Posted by susanschermer
Hi Susan, Glad that you liked it. Linda has been working on a High Speed Hummingbird Guide for about five months now. It is turning out to be a far larger project than she envisioned. She should be done within a month. It will be available through BAA. Perhaps an article covering the basics would work for her. In addition, she will be taking very small groups to various sites in South America.
