Calliope Hummer

Gallery: AvianPosted August 13, 2012230 views15 comments

I have had a lot of hummingbirds at my feeders in the past couple of weeks. After work this evening, I decided to try something different. I setup my camera with my 100mm macro, my Canon MT-24 Macro Twin Flash, and pre focused just off of the feeder. Natural background of shrubs and flowers. I triggered the camera using my remote radio release while watching from inside the house. This male calliope was one of the first guys to come in. Not common for my yard, so I was happy that he decided to provide a nice pose for me.

Techs:
Canon 5D Mark III
100mm Macro
1/100 @ f/10
ISO 400
Macro Twin flash, 1 head at 1/16 power, the other head at 1/32 power

Larger version also included.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Randy Bacon on August 13, 2012 at 10:41 PM

Stunning! Color, detail and the 'frozen' wings make this special. Also, the colors in the BG work beautifully with the hummer. The bird does seem to be tucked up in the corner - if you have room, I might pull him down and to the right just a tad - very minor issue on a wonderful image.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 13, 2012 at 11:08 PM

I like the sharpness and the details in this image. TheBG works well also. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on August 13, 2012 at 11:20 PM

Nice one, Keith. I get them here every so often too, but they don't stay long. You really caught this one just right. Well done!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on August 14, 2012 at 5:54 AM

I like the frozen action revealing the detail in the wings, and showing their relatively small size. Nice background colours too.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 14, 2012 at 8:55 AM

Great catch, interesting set-up Keith.
I wonder how many clicks it took to get it using this technique?
Beautiful & distinctive hummer, love the view - way to go

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 14, 2012 at 11:50 AM

Your approach paid off nicely.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 14, 2012 at 12:45 PM

Wonderful detail on the larger version and good flight pose, way to go.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on August 15, 2012 at 8:59 AM

An innovative technique that has worked extremely well - congrats!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 15, 2012 at 6:01 PM

Very cool, Keith. Nice technique.

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Comment posted by David Williams on August 16, 2012 at 10:50 PM

You really matched up the bg with the superb colors of the bird, Keith. Really a wonderful shot.......love it.

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Comment posted by Lennart Augustsson on August 17, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Interesting technique. Good result ond well done!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 17, 2012 at 3:54 AM

Sweet flight catch of my favorite North American hummingbird. Your new technique worked very well, the detail is extremely nice.

Ken Archer