Tufted Coquette (Trinidad and Tobago)

[Glenn Bartley]

As most of you know I am a huge fan of hummingbirds. This past week I have been visiting Trinidad and Tobago – “The land of the Hummingbirds”. My absolute top target for the trip was the Tufted Coquette.

As you can imagine I was absolutely thrilled to get this tiny little fella to pose for me :D

Hope you enjoy this bird as much as I did.

Cheers!



Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: On
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Lorant Voros]

Wow and wow...I am dropping my chin. What a bird. Amazing colors, nice pose and BG. You are making me real jealous, Glenn. I saw your website too. Amazing. Big congrats.

[Markus Jais]

Awesome bird. The most spectacular hummingbird I've seen in any picture!
Great shot. Wonderful light, colors, composition and sharpness.

Markus

[Jan Wegener]

simply stunning :)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Glenn....this is waaaaay up there man. The DOF is perfect.....diverts all attention to the gorgeous head-and-neck details. must say this is on of your best shots. Huge congrats. You are the master of fill flash.

[Thomas Herou]

I agree!
Fantastic bird and amazing colors!

[Nancy A Elwood]

Glenn I am drowling now!:p Superb!!!

[Michael Zajac]

Great looking image. A bit of NR in BG. Very nice looking species w/ sharp details.

[Aidan Briggs]

Great, great image. This species is amazing. The BG, flash work, and exposure are perfect. I just wish the perch was all in focus.

[Joe Senzatimore]

MAGNIFICENT!!!!!! Color is amazing. TFS

[Zoltan Kovacs]

Fantastic bird! Great image with excellent detailsand colors. Congrat!!!

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely shot of this GORGEOUS little bird! Head looks awesome.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hola Glenn!
I am glad to hear about your trip to Trinidad, it sounds like you had lots of fun. What a way to celebrate! lovely species and composition. Congrats.

[Steve Large]

Glenn,
This is just spectacular! I can't believe anything like this even exists in the humming bird world. Very nice complementary colors and sharpness where it counts. Great BG too! Makes our Rufous and Annas up here look a bit humdrum.

Steve