The hummers are coming

Gallery: AvianPosted April 23, 2013189 views12 comments

It's about that time of year again when the hummingbirds make it back here for the summer. I really enjoy these marvelous little birds. This is an image from last July that I took in my backyard. I hope to share many more of these in the coming months as the population of hummers grows again. Hope you won't get too tired of seeing more of these again this year.

Techs:

Canon 5D Mark III
100-400 @ 330mm
1/160 @ f/13 (not really important as the light for this was created with 3 off camera flashes on the hummer, and one on the background)
ISO 400

Larger version provided.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 24, 2013 at 1:40 AM

Lovely shot.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 24, 2013 at 2:03 AM

I like the stop action to see wing detail and it does not look like flash was used. Wonderful display of colors with the flower and background. The larger image looks great, well done. Is this a female Anna's?

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 24, 2013 at 7:46 AM

Love the way this comp 'flows' diagonally through the frame, nice.
I especially like the hints of color BG, great use of your multi-flash set-up Keith

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on April 24, 2013 at 7:48 AM

Beautiful image! Excellent comp, color, and detail. Beautiful bg.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on April 24, 2013 at 9:26 AM

Sweet Keith. Love the way the bird and the branch combine to form a diagonal composition thar stretches from corner to corner.
Nice vibrant colours too.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 24, 2013 at 10:08 AM

Lovely bird, flower and action ! Well-executed shot Keith ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 24, 2013 at 12:36 PM

Looking forward to the hummer images - wonderful little jewels. Nice perspective here and perfect pose and flower.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Jeff Lewis on April 24, 2013 at 1:47 PM

Awesome shot Keith, excellent composition and detail, nicely done

I do find the faint ghost images of a further wings-forward position a little distracting - what causes that? Something about the multi flash setup?

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 24, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Nice composition, Keith and excellent control on the flashes.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 25, 2013 at 3:39 AM

A very natural looking image Kieth.Great wing position and wonderful detail, the flower is super nice too.

Looking forward to this years batch!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 15, 2013 at 3:57 AM

Keith this is excellent I tried to photograph these in Tobago they really where difficult so very well done with this.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 15, 2013 at 4:28 AM

Keith, that is a beautiful photo. The moment of capture is great and I love the way the image fills the frame diagonally. I certainly wouldn't mind a few more of these. Any chance you could post a photo of your camera/flash setup in the Gear forum?

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments