galinagutarin

_MG_4605 hummingbird male var

Canon EOS 60D

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 800 Shutter 1/400

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Oct, 2013

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Very well done.

Great capture

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Absolutely gorgeous shot. A lot of feeling there.

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in my patio (I live in San Jose, California). We have a lot of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds in our area. This hummingbird is a male because only males have ruby feathers on the throat and head.

Time

It was sunny day, you need a lot of light "to freeze" flight.

Lighting

I used external flash for this shot.

Equipment

This was shot on my Canon 60D with Canon 70-200 mm lens and Canon Speedlite 430EX II. Speedlite was on on camera.

Inspiration

It's very interesting for me to shoot hummingbirds, but I still not very happy with my photos of this very fast birds.

Editing

I always do post-processing because I sell my images at Shutterstock, iStock, Dreamstime. I use Photoshop CS6 and Imagenomic Noiseware Professional. This image had a lot of noise (ISO 800) before post-processing. Also original image had red feeder which I removed from photo using Photoshop. Hummingbird was flying towards feeder.

In my camera bag

Normally I have my Canon 60 D and Canon EF 17-55mm lens, Canon 50mm lens, hood and Canon Cameras US 2602A001 77mm Protect Filter. I don't have Canon 70-200 mm in bag very often because it's very heavy.

Feedback

When I took this picture I didn't do search how to shoot hummingbirds and I had only one speedlite. But later I found very interesting and useful blog: http://travelthroughpictures.com/photo-items/how-to-photo-hummingbirds-1/ Also this one very useful too: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Photography-Tips/hummingbird-photography-tips.aspx

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