Hello everyone. This is a female White-necked Jacobin as photographed at Rancho Naturalista in Costa Rica during the Doug Brown/Greg Basco trip. Thanks to both of them for assisting me in obtaining this image.
Comments/critiques are welcome.
Canon 40D on tripod
Canon 300f 2.8 at f14
1/200 Second
ISO 400
Manual mode
Canon multiflash setup with flash as main light
Last edited by Kristin Brown; 05-08-2009 at 08:03 PM.
Nice colors, the branch running to the top might draw the eye out of the frame.
Nice technique, this is a difficult image to capture and you did well. This must have been a blast, I can only imagine all these little guys buzzing around. They are so fun to watch, thanks for sharing.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 05-08-2009 at 10:07 PM.
Hi Kristin Excellent image Like the pose and sweet bg About the only thing I would do is desaturate the flower just a tad !!! You guys sure had a great trip !!!
Good to see you posting images Kristin!!!!!!! I love the pose of this hummer, and you got great eye contact too. Pretty good job of post-processing. I might crop a little off the bottom of the frame.
kristen, this is fantastic! as mentioned, the branch going out of the top of the frame and a desat of the yellows and this is perfect! well done. looks like everyone had a great time in costa rica!!!
Hi Kristin,
I like the composition, image and capture...agree with the techs. and the good advise given...this is a sweet image...looking forward to your next creation...:):cool:
Hi, Kristin. Sure looks good. While I understand the comments about desaturating the flowers (from the family Marantaceae, the prayer plant family, by the way), this is what they look like in nature.
Female White-Necked Jacobin at native flower
