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Photo of a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). The flowers in the background are red and pink Geraniums (Geranium Caliente).
The photo was taken using manual focus. To capture detail in the wings, two remote Speedlite flash units were used with flash mode set to Manual and flash power set to 1/32.
To answer a question on how this was accomplished using what appears to be a slow shutter speed of 1/180 second, it is an example of the use of High-Speed Photography, using flash on low power, as well as the Max Sync Speed for your camera (1/180 for the Canon 6D). It's a very complex topic.
Magnificent Hummingbird in Flight
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Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1000s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso400
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Hummingbird hawk-moths are found in Britain during most of the summer.
They take their name from having similar feeding patterns to hummingbirds and also because they beat their wings so fast that they actually emit an audible "hum".
Broad Tailed Hummingbird, Starsmore Discovery Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
A medium-sized hummingbird of subalpine meadows, the Broad-tailed Hummingbird ranges across the south-central Rockies in summer, with most returning to Mexico and Central America during the colder months. Males make a loud trilling noise with their wingtips and perform spectacular aerial displays that make them hard to miss. To survive the cold nights in their high-elevation habitats, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds can enter torpor, slowing their heart rate, and dropping their body temperature.
You better have your camera set right if you want to capture a hummingbird in flight. They can beat their wings about 50 times a second!
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) perched on a site overlooking its territory along a dry wash on the edge of an urban golf course near Buckeye, Arizona, U.S.A.
25 February, 2014.
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Thought would nip back and enjoy my images of Hummingbirds that I photographed last July/August and share with you.
This was when the rain came down, but that's another reason they call the area rain forest!!
the Hummingbird was sheltering under cover, but was still getting wet with me!
Calliope hummingbird (male) in flight near feeder. [4-5569]
This is the first time I have seen one of these colorful fellows. He was quite a bit smaller than the other hummingbirds that have been frequenting my yard (Anna's, rufous, Allen's, and black-chinned). My daughter suggested that it could be an "Elsa's hummingbird," since it looks a little like an Anna's hummingbird...
Thank you to Engilis Photos for confirming the identification.
Strobist Info: SB-800 at 1/8 in mini-softbox from above camera right. Bare SB-700 at 1/64 from beneath. Phottix Strato II wireless trigger on SB-700 with sync cord from trigger to SB-800.
My other hummingbird photos can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/92747424@N05/albums/72157643388058603
Female or juvenile Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) hovering near a feeder. This is the latest yard bully that tries to chase the other birds away from my feeders.
Additional observations from other photos of the same bird (not visible in this photo): (1) there are a few red feathers in the center of its gorget; (2) likely female based on green bands on its R2 tail feathers; and (3) distinguished from rufous hummingbird by lack of notched or pinched tip to R2 tail feather.
Lighting Info: Two Canon 540EZs at 1/32, ganged in a shoot-through umbrella from slightly above subject, camera right. Silver reflector (foil) below subject, camera left. SB-800 at 1/32 (-1/3) onto backdrop (fleece jacket). Phottix Strato II wireless triggers on the 540EZs. SB-800 in optical slave mode.
My other hummingbird photos can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/92747424@N05/albums/72157643388058603
I took this picture at my sister's house where she always has at least two feeders out and attracts large quantities of hummingbirds.
Lighting stuff: I learned the lighting that I used here from a book by Linda Robbins called The Hummingbird Guide. Her method is to use a minimum of 5 to 6 strobes, a supplied background, and photograph the birds in the shade so that you don't have to overpower the sunlight. When you use multiple strobes on a subject in the shade you can use lower power settings for each flash which results in shorter flash durations which means it freezes the wing blur. The backdrop is a painting my wife did for this purpose. I used 6 Yongnuo strobes because I wanted to use identical manual power output for each flash . One strobe was pointed at the background, one was underneath the feeder, and the other 4 strobes surrounded the feeder. The strobes were all at around 1/32nd power, in manual mode, and were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N., and you can see the EXIF info on the side. This method is the only way that I've been able to photograph one of these birds with little, or no, wing blur. I've finally learned to pre-focus on a spot near the feeder, using Live View, so that the birds are usually all in focus. I can then sit farther away from the feeder and trigger the strobes and the camera remotely. Down below in the first comment, you can see a picture of the setup that I used on that particular day.
I've taken quite a few pictures of hummers over the years and put them an album creatively called Hummingbirds.
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