White-Necked Jacobin

Gallery: AvianPosted November 3, 2009340 views16 comments

One of the hummers from Costa Rica. This is the male White-Necked Jacobin. From this angle, clear to see why. From the front, you'd never know why.

The heads on these guys are pretty dark. I liked this exposure as it showed off the beautiful back and the iridescence of the head.

Canon 50D
500mm f/4 with 1/4x TC
ISO 500
1/200 @ f/5.6
580EX flash @ -1 2/3

Noise Reduction applied to the background

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 3, 2009 at 9:35 PM

wow--great detail in the larger version. nice work with the flash. I really like the purple flight feathers. I think I'd like just a tiny bit more room on the top.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 3, 2009 at 10:34 PM

Beautiful, Keith. The iridescent patterns on the back really come through in this image.

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Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on November 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM

Wonderful colors and detail in the larger version. Very nice, Keith.

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 4, 2009 at 12:41 AM

What a beautiful bird, Keith, and like the way you have brought out the iridescence so well!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 4, 2009 at 1:14 AM

Fine work on this handsome fellow. Sweet detail.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 4, 2009 at 1:18 AM

What amazing colours Keith, captured beautifully. Is that a slight movement along the right hand wing?

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on November 4, 2009 at 6:52 AM

A great looking hummer Keith, great detail and colours captured here in a nice clean pose. Like how the wing feathers sweep round and cover the tail on this species.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM

That is a gorgeous hummingbird Keith and I think the pose worked very well to show off the white neck and beautiful colors on the back of the bird.

Very well done.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on November 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM

What a nice presentation! Great colours!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on November 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM

Boy nature is soo cool . What amazing colors on this beauty!. Great comp and feather detail as well

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Comment posted by Glenn Bartley on November 4, 2009 at 9:59 AM

Definitely shows why he earned his name....one of my absolute favourite hummingbirds :)

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on November 4, 2009 at 10:16 AM

Superb colours on this one Keith, love the detail in the larger version as well, thismust make a stunning print for on the wall

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 4, 2009 at 5:05 PM

Jewel like colors nicely captured.
May

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on November 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM

This is awesome Keith. What a beautiful bird and you have captured it superbly. Those colors just seem to glow as if I was seeing it in real life.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 4, 2009 at 6:58 PM

Very nice Keith. I live all the color in this image including the bird, the BG, and the perch. I like the pose and the perspective.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 4, 2009 at 7:36 PM

That's some detail and color Keith! Very neat to look at in the larger version. Love it.

I too wondered about the right wing - probably motion blur at that SS?

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