White Necked Jacobin

Gallery: AvianPosted August 31, 2010330 views11 comments

White necked jacobin hummingbird from Costa Rica

3 flashes - 2 on the bird, one on the background.

50D, 70-200 f/4 L IS with 1.4x TC

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Thanks in advance for your thoughts and comments.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 31, 2010 at 11:51 PM

Nice, Keith. Beautiful pose.

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Comment posted by Tom Webster on September 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM

Greetings, Keith...What a pretty hummer. I'm not a fan of multi[le flash setups for humminbirds as they look frozen to me. IMHO I prefer to see some wing motion more like a live hummer appears. Be that as it may your technicals are very good. Nice image.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on September 1, 2010 at 12:08 AM

Well Done Keith. Beautiful bird. Very Sharp throughout. Love the comp. Lighting is perfect. Great use of the flash. You were even able to freeze the wings. Nice image.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM

Well done. Lovely image overall, great colors, iridescence, and catchlight in the eye. I've never tried that multi-flash thing. (Barely can manage a single)

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on September 1, 2010 at 3:12 AM

Magnificent shot! Very nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on September 1, 2010 at 4:57 AM

Keith
An incredible image. Well done mate.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on September 1, 2010 at 9:35 AM

I like your composition, but have to agree with Tom about multiple flash. The catchlight seems "out of place" somehow.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on September 1, 2010 at 4:45 PM

Beautiful image .

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Comment posted by Hali Sowle on September 1, 2010 at 8:39 PM

Beautiful shot Keith a great job with the flashes, everything is perfectly stopped and sharp where you want it to be. Nicely done to illuminate the background too.

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on September 3, 2010 at 4:18 AM

Very nice Keith, pose and sharpness both very good. I'm tempted to crop out the sticks on the RHS of frame, looks like it could withstand the crop.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on September 3, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Very nice, thanks for sharing. I really like the composition.

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