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Female Collared Inca

Female Collared Inca
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NIKON D810

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Aperture f/14 ISO 160 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 4000/10

upload_date

Jul, 2015

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Just Hummingbirds Photo Contest

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Contest Finalist in Hummingbirds Photo Contest

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Superb Composition

+33

Magnificent Capture

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Top Choice

+22

Outstanding Creativity

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Nature

So beautiful!!!Awesome capture!!!

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What an awesome capture.

What a shot. Beautiful and unusual.

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Beautiful shot!

Like the vertical composition!

Beautiful image! Congrats on your finalist award!

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Love this one too! Beautiful! Love the angle!

A unique perspective and razor sharpness...love this shot. Congratulations!

Stunning work!

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Awesome shot! Beautiful. Congrats on your runner up win. Well deserved.

Such a unique angle! Beautiful shot! Well-done. :) Congratulations on your finalist award!!

Gorgeous shot! Well done!

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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken in the gardens at Guango Lodge Ecuador

Time

Taken mid afternoon

Lighting

Since the little hummingbirds are extremely fast and I am still not a fan of high ISO shots, I opted to use a multi flash set up with reduced power settings on the Nikon Flashes which enable a faster strobe to stop the action as best as possible

Equipment

Equipment used was a Nikon D810 and Nikor 80-400 zoom Gitzo tripod with a wimberley mount, 3 Nikon flashes (SB900)

Inspiration

Purpose of my trip to Ecuador was to record several of the hummingbirds I have never seen before

Editing

Image was taken in the RAW NEF format, no special processing required

In my camera bag

Normally I carry the Nikon D810 with two Nikor lenses 80-400 and 28-300 a Canon EOS 7D II occasionally the 5D III and Canon EF L series lenses 500f/4 70-200 f/2.8L 180mm F/3.5L Macro 1.4 teleconverters for both Nikon and Canon, 77mm ND filters and polarizer

Feedback

If you do not have much experience with hummingbird photography and do not want to invest in a small forune of gear, I would strongly suggest a hummingbird workshop by the likes of Glen Bartley, Greg Basco. They know where to find the subjects and set you up so you do not miss your shot

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