I'm finally getting caught up on some image workups. Each year I head down to Ecuador to host photo workshops and this year I stuck around a little extra to shoot for myself and have some fun with these amazing birds.
Lovely presentation Matt. Rich colors, fine details and some excellent comps.
It does not appear as a single flash but you did manage to have just one pinpoint catchlight in each eye though I am not sure if they are from the flash and I don't mean that in a negative way. What ever flash you used did a nice job of filling the important area with light, really amazing results
Fantastic work as usual Matt. I'm really looking forward to heading to Ecuador in January. Im interested to know what size of backgrounds do you use and on what media do you print them?
Thanks for all the kind words everyone. It's really a lot of fun !
AGeoJO wrote:
Wow, just wow! Those images are awesome and impressive - my hats off to you, Matt! Where were those images captured, please?
Joshua
About 5 different bird lodges around Quito, Ecuador.
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ox0312 wrote:
Superbly done!! Each and everyone... I wonder what was your flash setup for these... at 1/250s and F20
Flash setup info below. F20 is critical for the depth of field to capture images like the 2 booted racket tails.
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talfulano wrote:
Those are really professional looking captures, beautiful. I'd love to know about the flash set up too.
Thanks. See below.
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morris wrote:
Beauties Matt,
1/200 of a second exposures and no wing blur? Is it your flash that is freezing the action?
Morris
About the Flash setup. I typically use between 6-8 flashes with remote triggers. By using this many flashes, I can really move them around to get the lighting I like, reduce the shadows by a more even fill, and reduce the power, thus getting a faster effective shutter speed.
Karl Witt wrote:
Lovely presentation Matt. Rich colors, fine details and some excellent comps.
It does not appear as a single flash but you did manage to have just one pinpoint catchlight in each eye though I am not sure if they are from the flash and I don't mean that in a negative way. What ever flash you used did a nice job of filling the important area with light, really amazing results
Karl
You are correct about more than one flash. 6-8 normally. I do have to clone out all the extra catchlight, as I can have as many as 5. I just leave one.
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Mike Bons wrote:
Fantastic work as usual Matt. I'm really looking forward to heading to Ecuador in January. Im interested to know what size of backgrounds do you use and on what media do you print them?
I normally print my backgrounds at 18"x24". Over the years, I've printed so many, and now have a collection of about 40-50 that I really like. Every year, I take more photos for the backgrounds to match the flowers I see down there. This year, I'll be adding about another 10-20 backgrounds as after all these years, I finally found some nice orange flowers in a vibrant green bush to match a couple of flowers down there.
