Wow, incredible pictures. I'm always amazed at what I see on the forums.
With all of the setup of soft boxes, flashes and backdrops do you find that the hummingbirds take a little time to get used to everything in the area or do they just fly to the flowers and keep on doing their thing? Do you hide behind a blind for these shots? Also, what kind of camera/lens were you using?
I've never tried with such a big setup and i guess that is a big reason why my hummingbird pics don't look anywhere near this nice. Thanks for sharing and discussing your setup.
Dan, the sharpness on the 100% crop is OUTSTANDING!!! I should be so lucky or skilled.
I agree about hummers being my favorite but butteflies are tied.
Excellant compositions Dan!
Dan2
jctriguy wrote:
Wow, incredible pictures. I'm always amazed at what I see on the forums.
With all of the setup of soft boxes, flashes and backdrops do you find that the hummingbirds take a little time to get used to everything in the area or do they just fly to the flowers and keep on doing their thing? Do you hide behind a blind for these shots? Also, what kind of camera/lens were you using?
I've never tried with such a big setup and i guess that is a big reason why my hummingbird pics don't look anywhere near this nice. Thanks for sharing and discussing your setup....Show more →
The hummingbirds in Costa Rica are not shy. There is a lot of competition for the feeders there and the birds take little notice of the photographers. The ruby throated hummingbirds that I photographed in my back yard last summer were more shy, I used a blind to photograph them.
I used a Canon 1dsmk3 with the 300mm f/2.8 lens. For most of the photos I used between 24mm and 61mm of extension tubes.
Dan
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