Purple-throated Mountain-gem

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken in Costa Rica near a feeder. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1000
f5.6
1/125s
Tripod

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Lovely colors, like the head up pose, curving perch, composition. Obviously not very bright, and I think you did well with this slow shutter speed.

A touch of fill flash would have given you a bit more flexibility in your settings.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks for the comment and suggestion Randy. When I've used fill flash in the past the hummingbirds reaction was immediate which resulted in a blurred image due to movement.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful bird Jim and you got a great pose. I only wish for more DOF on the tail area. Nice clean bg too

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely image and HB, Jim. The perch and BG are super as is the pose on the bird. I consider 1/125 of a second more than adequate speed for this kind of image/situation.

[hirandesilva]

It seems you have considered many aspects before taking the picture and got a good image. The colors on the bird look so real ! Like the composition and clean BG.

[rajojomanik]

Simple beautiful Jim, love the colours, BG and eye contact.

Jim, was this through a workshop?

[Greg Basco]

Jim, really nice portrait of this little guy. I don't think fill-flash would have improved much here, but when I do use fill-flash with hummingbirds, I set the flash to second-curtain sync, which tends to solve the problem of subject movement.

Cheers,
Greg

[Jim Crosswell]

Simple beautiful Jim, love the colours, BG and eye contact.

Jim, was this through a workshop?

No we got a cheap deal on an all inclusive 700 out of Toronto, last minute . We rented a car and did some day trips from the resort. This was up in Monteverde where we stayed overnight in the mountains. Couldn't pass up the deal as the flight alone can be close to that price.

[Jim Crosswell]

Jim, really nice portrait of this little guy. I don't think fill-flash would have improved much here, but when I do use fill-flash with hummingbirds, I set the flash to second-curtain sync, which tends to solve the problem of subject movement.

Cheers,
Greg

Thanks Greg I will have to give that a try next year.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love the pose, the sharpness, the details, the perch and very nice background. For me I don't mind the OOF tail.

[vishaljadhav]

i love the details on the bird, very nice and focused the BG looks amazing
love the colors

[dankearl]

Beautiful color and a cool diagonal perch.
The settings look fine to me, You would have had to really up the iso
to get much more DOF.

[Peter Dexter]

Beautiful colors as everyone has said. It is a "Gem" indeed. I'm wondering if it is not a full adult as the feathers seem a little incomplete.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful image with magical colors,sweet BG and very nice composition.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satisg.

[David Salem]

What a gem is right. Love the colors, detail and BG. Well done. My next trip is Costa Rica. Looks like you did well already.