Violet Sabrewing

[Doug Brown]

I've got many images to post from the last few months! Here's a beautiful Violet Sabrewing from a multiple flash setup during my most recent Costa Rica workshop. I'll be announcing Costa Rica 2013 any day now!



Canon 1D Mark IV, 70-300mm L @ 200mm, f/13, 1/200, ISO 320, multiple flashes, tripod

[arash_hazeghi]

this is awesome, love everything!

[Joel Eade]

Gorgeous image, pose, detail, colors, exposure and BG are great.

Just for my personal taste it's a bit tight in the frame, totally subjective of course.

[Dan Brown]

Great work, Doug! He jumps off the screen!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, this angle shows off everything. I really like the varied coloured iridescence, good wing position, and of course, the multiple flash has rendered this tack sharp. The protruding tongue puts this over the top.

[Frank Schauf]

A great dynamic situation, congratulations.

[Peter Scholer]

Powerful presence. The clarity and focus is superb. and those colors wow.

[Karl Egressy]

Love the pose, details and the fantastic irridescent electric blue colour.

[dankearl]

This is really nice, I like the tongue!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

beautiful bird and your shot does full justice. the wings and the tongue make it for me. great colors. good choice of BG.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

[Yves Guillot]

Very nice shot Doug! I suppose that you removed the multiple flash effect in the eye, right?

[Doug Brown]

Very nice shot Doug! I suppose that you removed the multiple flash effect in the eye, right?

Correct Yves. I removed 2 catchlights. But it's not uncommon with this lighting scheme to get only 2 or sometimes a single catchlight.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful image. I really like the pose, excellent background, tack sharp, and I just love the tongue.
Well done.

[Peter Dexter]

The bill reminds me a lot ot the Whie-necked Jacobin.