Sword-billed Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted August 19, 2014307 views12 comments

An image from one of our previous Ecuador photo tours. It was nice to get this species feeding from a trumpet flower, it's natural food. This was taken on our 6 flash multi-flash setup, artificial background with the flower held by a plamp and injected with sugar water at Guango Lodge. It's full frame.

Canon 1D3 300F4 1/250 F18, iso 500, 580ex and 6 Nikon SB-26 flashes set to 1/16 power

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12 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 19, 2014 at 9:43 PM

Very cool ,Nate. Neat that you filled the frame so precisely. Do you use a higher than normal concentration of sugar in the water (normal being 4 parts water to 1 part sugar)? Excellent flash setup.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 19, 2014 at 9:47 PM

Thanks Dennis, I am using what is in the feeders at the lodges, I am assuming it would be a normal concentration.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on August 20, 2014 at 6:08 AM

Very nice result ! No nits form me

, cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Bill Berry on August 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM

Well done Nate. Wonderful pose and well let. An interesting species indeed.

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Comment posted by Bob McQuade on August 20, 2014 at 10:16 AM

Very nice, Nate, incredible detail!

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on August 20, 2014 at 11:03 AM

Nothing to really comment on here Nate. Great shot!

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on August 20, 2014 at 1:03 PM

It's nice to see a Sword-billed shot with this type of flower. Nice set up, Nate.

Max

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on August 20, 2014 at 7:09 PM

Great image!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 20, 2014 at 8:44 PM

Can't argue with it. Excellent setup and lighting. Well executed and planned.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 20, 2014 at 9:20 PM

Hi Nate--Very cool image

. The detail is quite amazing and one of the few shots that we will see where a bird's beak is used to link the flower to the body of the hummer for an ideal composition

.......................Jim

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on August 24, 2014 at 9:21 PM

Love the composition Nate, wonderful picture!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 25, 2014 at 10:53 AM

Great set up and use of flash Nate. You know the flash set up is great when it doesn't look like any flash was used. Really loving the comp on this one.

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