Booted Racket-tail (Ecuador)

[Glenn Bartley]

No trip to Ecuador would be complete without a little bit of multi-flash hummingbird photography. Here is one from my workshops there this past January.

You gotta love those booties!

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Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 9
Flash: Multi-flash
ISO: 200
Lens: EF300mm f/4L IS USM

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Wow what a bird and what an image! Terrific stuff! TFS.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Glenn, just a fantastic image! You're right, the boots and the tail are something else!

I think the leaves on either side frame it well, but could also see a vertical crop, not including them.

Miguel

[Karl Egressy]

Beutiful bird and beautiful image, Glenn. The red flowers and the white booties make the image nice and colourful.

[PhilCook]

You lot are killing me with these Hummingbird shots ! Sharp and wonderful colors. The big leaves give good indication of how small these birds are, but I find they steal the scene a little ....I think a verticial crop + a bit of cloning with just bird and single flower would really make a big impact on the eye.

[James Fuller]

Nice work Glenn!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image.

[dankearl]

Too bad, the sharpest feature is the huge leaf on the right side.
If you wanted to feature your photography tours, a tight vertical of the bird would have been the best.