Hi to all. I've been enjoying the site for a few months now, but this is my first image post. With a tropical depression hammering us with wind and rain, today seemed like a good day to stay in the office and work on some images. This is a rufous-tailed hummingbird, a regular visitor to my feeders, taken with my custom flash setup on my front porch a couple of weeks ago. A note: this obviously is not the classic multi-flash hummingbird look, as I've been working toward a setup that mimics the darkish backrounds and diffused light typical of Costa Rican cloud forests, at least to my eye. I've also been going for a combination of sharpness and wing blur for a natural but somewhat artistic look. I'll be interested to see what people think.
Canon 40D, 300 mm f2.8 L IS, 25 mm extension tube, f14, 1/160, ISO 250, 6 strobes
Cheers from Costa Rica,