Violet-tailed Stylth

Gallery: AvianPosted December 6, 2011253 views10 comments

One more hummingbird photo from Ecuador. This is probably the most elegant species we encountered during Nate and I's last visit. Unfortunately, as I did have several opportunities to photograph this species with our high speed flash set-ups, I didn't get anything I liked. I am eagerly looking forward to my second chance coming up in early January to make some unique in flight images of this awesome hummingbird.

Canon 40D, 100-400mm @320mm, ISO 800, 1/60, f5.6, fill flash -1 1/3, cloned out a small piece vegatation crossing the end of it's tail.

All your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated

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10 comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on December 6, 2011 at 2:37 PM

A fantastic bird indeed- Wonderful warm light, great detail and a gorgeous BG on this image- My congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 6, 2011 at 2:43 PM

What an exotic bird ! Nice colors and shine in this image ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on December 6, 2011 at 2:47 PM

Look at all the colors on that bird -- That blue on the tail is like an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence --

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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on December 6, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Beautiful shot, I love the bokeh on the right and the green and blue hues...
Jaymes

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Way to cool of a hummer, amazing colors and tail, eloquent indeed, what a thrill to see one and get a picture, way to go.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 6, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Gee Ken, I'm not sure additonal flash could make this any more beautiful ??? (Just saying....) This could probably work quite well in a vertical format too, but I like the inclusion of the colorful background colors on the right side to keep the image from feeling too dark. What a stunning bird btw!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 7, 2011 at 7:51 AM

Stunning ken. I like it very much as posted.

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on December 7, 2011 at 9:49 AM

Beautiful colors, what a great bird and well captured.

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on December 8, 2011 at 1:12 PM

I am as green as your backgorund ,when viewing this little jewel you have here.really like the fact that youo captured some of his plumage irridescence too.Perhaps a little burning on the light spots to the right of the bird as ones eye does wander a little in that direction .

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 21, 2012 at 9:51 AM

Very nice Ken, no nits from me!
What a magnificent bird, excellent!!

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