morris wrote:
The last 3 are beauties Geoff. Looks like you figured out the lighting and/or had good coaching
Morris
I take absolutely no credit for getting the lighting right. My tour leader has been doing this for awhile and he brings all the flashes and backgrounds and light stands and triggers. He had the flashes all setup before breakfast. We took 1hr rotations through the setup and the rest of the time I shot natural light hummers and other birds.
RobAmy wrote:
Nice first day, I prefer natural with the hummers but they do look very nice. Enjoy your trip.
BTW hurry back to sell that canon gear
Thanks Rob. I shot half the day in natural light. I also prefer natural light for the overall aesthetic of the image but love looking at the detail in these flash shots.
Here is one more natural light one for you.
I shot 3500 images today...still culling as I type....
7 flashes; wow. That does make things look nice. I've been experimenting with my lowly 3 flash set-up. I actually prefer the flash and the wing detail!
The low aperture doesn't allow enough of the ambient light to affect the shot and cause a ghost effect.
The effective SS with this arrangement is about 1/50,000 second to stop the wings completely
Keep experimenting. You are getting some nice results here.
A question for you or your tour guy; why does the flash make the violet sabre wing hummer look blue? I also found that!
Don
arbitrage wrote:
Thanks Rob. I shot half the day in natural light. I also prefer natural light for the overall aesthetic of the image but love looking at the detail in these flash shots.
Here is one more natural light one for you.
I shot 3500 images today...still culling as I type....
