Hi everyone. It's been a busy late summer for me, so I haven't had much time to participate on the forum. Just got my son off to his freshman year of college (that makes 3 out of 4 in college now); I definitely have mixed emotions about him leaving, but he's really excited. Here's a frame from a multiple flash hummingbird setup during a workshop I helped co-lead in Santa Fe, NM early last month. My friends up there have an incredible number of hummingbirds, even compared to Costa Rica!
Canon 1Dx, 500mm II, f/13, 1/160, ISO 200, manual exposure, hand held
One catchlight cloned out.
Last edited by Doug Brown; 09-06-2013 at 04:53 PM.
Amazing placement of the bird in the frame perfect. I love the details and the lovely details on the throat
Nice wing position and superb plain bg
those small feet look cute
Very detail picture of the hummingbird. But it look more like a Ruby-throated to me. Hope some day I can take a picture as great as this one.
No Ruby-throated Hummers in this neck of the woods CM. The narrow feathers visible at the tops of the wings give the Broad-tailed Hummingbird its distinctive sound.
Very nice Doug, great pose and colors. Was the shutter speed really 1/160 sec or was that a typo?
Hi Barry. It's not a typo. Multiple flash hummingbird photography uses a principle called flash as main light. You underexpose by about 3 stops in camera and rely entirely on a burst of flash to expose the frame. The burst only lasts about 1/10,000 of a second and it becomes your effective shutter speed.
Exposure couldn't be more perfect. IQ is top notch. Love that little bit of tongue sticking out with what appears to be a tiny amount of nectar. Just awesome. I guess I wouldn't mind a little more room on the bottom and a sliver more room on the right.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
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