Female Rufous

Gallery: AvianPosted August 9, 20142,859 views8 comments

Out again this morning working with the hummingbirds.
I was pleased to get this Rufous female come up and take a look ay my flower.
Setup to go for a blurred wing look.

Canon 5D Mark III
100mm f/2.8 Macro
1/500 @ f/10
ISO 800

3 Canon 430 EX II flashes, 1 on the background 2 on the hummer

Larger Version included

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on August 9, 2014 at 4:52 PM

Hello Keith

Well done, enjoy the wings , good use of the shutter speed.

Bill

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on August 10, 2014 at 8:49 AM

Another beautiful image, Keith.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 10, 2014 at 2:53 PM

Nicely blurred wings and a crisp image of the hummingbird, Keith. The eye looks rather strange in this image and the light on the flower looks a bit harsh to my eye-maybe a bit more experimentation with the lighting on this one.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on August 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM

Dennis said:

The eye looks rather strange in this image

Here's a extreme enlargement of the eye. I'd love to hear what you think looks strange. Looks like a hummer eye to me.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on August 10, 2014 at 6:21 PM

Keith,
This is just perfect. Love the background. I also happen to love blurred wings in hummer shots. Repost looks terrific as well. Love the flower. Tack sharp head and eye. Simply terrific.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on August 10, 2014 at 8:25 PM

Hi Keith,

Outstanding, the wing blur looks great. Perfect flower and background and the hummer ain't bad either.

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Comment posted by Bill Berry on August 10, 2014 at 11:06 PM

Very nice Keith..Great background and the hummingbird is sharp..but you know I am partial to these little creatures...:-)

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 11, 2014 at 7:46 PM

Just enough wing bur to add interest, this looks like ambient light Keith, so great job with the flashes. Nice work!

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