Hi to all. I've been busy with a few groups doing hummingbird workshops here in Costa Rica, and I don't really shoot while taking care of clients. But I have to admit that it's tough:), so after finishing up the groups I just had to get out and make some images of my own!
I had wanted a vertical image of a male crowned woodnymph pollinating a Sanchezia (a native plant in the Acanthaceae family that populates light gaps in the forest here) flower for quite a while and think I finally pulled it off. I have a few similar horizontals from this session as well but decided to share the vertical here. I set up the lighting to give a bit of shadow and texture for a natural, non-flashed look -- hopefully I succeeded. I appreciate any comments and/or suggestions.
Tech info: Canon 5D, Tokina 80-200 f2.8 lens, multiple Canon 430 EX Speedlites, f16, 1/200, ISO 250, tripod, cable release. Full-frame, only post-processing is a bit of NR on the background with Neat Image, a few points of added vibrance and saturation in Lightroom, and cloning of one catchlight in the eye in PS.
Cheers from Costa Rica,
Greg Basco








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