Green Hermit

[Steve Maxson]

I photographed this female Green Hermit hummingbird (Phaethornis guy) in Costa Rice. I liked the way it has contorted its body to get its long, curved beak into the narrow, straight flower. I used a 4-flash setup set up by Greg Basco and Doug Brown. 1D 4, 70-300mm at 166 mm, 1/200, f/14, ISO 320, tripod, live-view manual focus on the flower, cable release, background is a print of OOF rainforest vegetation. I removed an extra catchlight from the eye. All comments are welcome and appreciated.

[Ciaran Walsh]

Wow fantastic pose and vibrant image!

[Marina Scarr]

I am so happy to finally see a picture from your CR trip and what a beauty it is! The position of the HB is interesting and unique. The BG works very nicely. Congrats, Steve.

[jack williamson]

This is a beautiful, sharp as a tack shot! Great bg.

[Diane Miller]

Lovely -- great "pose," focus and detail, and wonderful balance of the flashes. Very natural looking.

[Loi Nguyen]

Steve, lovely image, tack sharp, vibrant colors. Love the pose and the comp.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
Love the flowers, wonderful background, excellent pose and position of the bird.
Terrific comp too.
Well done.

[David Salem]

Wow! Beautiful in every way. Great work. One of the best Hummer shots I have seen!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image.

[gail bisson]

The pose makes this shot.
Really like the colors and the nice lines in the image ,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic pose and great colours.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.Wonderful pose,lovely colors,details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Dave Leroy]

Dandy photo Steve and a lovely and unique ballerina like pose.

[Peter Dexter]

Great "frozen action" with that flash setup and great photo. Plant looks like a Psammisia species.

[Doug Brown]

That's a perfect flower for a Green Hermit. Excellent detail, and very natural-looking lighting.