Whiter-eared Hummingbird on Note Card

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks

Had been looking for a White-eared Hummingbird for a Note Card & lucked out this morning at Madera Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon, AZ when one appeared.
Finished card size is 4.25" x 5.5" with this message on back page.

W I L D E R N E S S I M A G E S

White-eared Hummingbird
Hyloccharis leucotis
L 3.75" WS 5.75" WT 0.12oz (3.3 g)

Rare visitor from Mexico to high mountain canyons and pine-oak forests. A few recorded from March to October seen mostly at feeders and also nested in region.All plumage shows striking broad white eyebrow.Similar to Broadbill with shorter straight bill.

Photographed at Madera Kubo B&B
Madera Canyon AZ. 5/29/2009
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Comments always welcome and appreciated

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-500 IS, Zuiko 70-300ED @ 430 mm
Aperture Priority
F/5.6, 1/160s, 200 ISO, 0.00eV, Auto WB, Fill TTL Flash
Photo sized to same proportions as Note Card

[Gus Cobos]

Very nice Uncle Gus...this will make a very fine note card...the details and colors are superb against the dark background...just give him some more room all the way around...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Gus, A lovely card indeed,agree w/ a bit more space. I like the dark gradient BG!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Gus Nice Going after one particular and finding it ... plus a keeper !!!

For the card I like the tighter image for posting purposes a little more room Big Congrats !!!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Thank you for your kind comments. I was also lucky this year in catching the first Flame-colored Tanager at Madera Kubo B&B, April 30th, 2009: 7:28 AM http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2...48216361zbKGOb

Now to improve on the Flame today??

Have a great WE

Uncle Gus
BTW: Notice all 3 designated Moderators in ETL are using D3's - Says a bunch about Nikon!!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - very nice - only nit for me is the little bit more room all the way around.
Good show :)

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Gus ..... I did use a Nikon for one and one half years (D3 & D300) ... but I'm back to Canon :) Shooting a Mk3 !!!!!!

[Dan Brown]

Nice capture Gus. A question - will the B&B allow you to setup a multi-strobe array at your own feeder or one of their feeders?

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Dan:
To answer your question. Madera Kubo B&B has the best birds (Even a Flame-colored Tanager courting a Western Tanager, however the shooting area is perched above a stream and no real flat spots. Santa Rita Lodge, 1/4 mile down the road is ideal for multiple flash setups. Saw Ralph Paonessa, http://www.rpphoto.com/ there first a few years back and was impressed with his expertize and hard work ethics.
Joe McDonald & Photo trap http://www.hoothollow.com/ was there a few weeks holding a workshop using the Photo trap.

3 weeks ago Pat Hunt Huimmingbirds http://www.flickr.com/photos/pathunt/sets/72157613062283465/ came into madera Kubo B&B with some beautiful multiple flash hummer photos (At least I thought they were) Cora didn;t want to buy any, but I thought at $15.00 each they were a steal and bought 4 for Cora to sell. Alas no intrest in them so I took them and gave them as gifts.

Tomorrow, I'm going to post a Humminbird abstract of 2 birds I caught in flight playing at Kubo, and did some crazy manipulation using CS4, now posted at Webshots http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/572343613tYlUwd

I love your Costa Rica photos, and wish I was into photography back in the 80"s as I was a regular visitor when there was lots to see along with the birds (5 x in '85) Thought of moving there as a Pensionado :)

Thanks for your links

Gus Hallgren

[Dan Brown]

Thanks Gus, I shot hummers at the Santa Rita Lodge back in the 80's and also up at Boggs Springs CG. I was just curious about the B&B. Thanks for your info, I need to get back there again! Costa Rica was fabulous! gotta go back there too:D

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Simply beautiful Uncle Gus. Your hummers are always spectacular.
Congrats