Good Afternoon Everyone
Seeing your first Hummingbird is truly an amazing experience, I saw my first in May 2008 at Hotel Bougainvillea just out of San Jose in Costa Rica and I rang my wife in Australia while I was looking out of my room , just to let you know it was a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. Since then I have photographed over 50 species, some of them are done with a setup which comprises of using multiple flashes set up around a feeder with a multicoloured picture set up behind and above the feeder. Then introducing a flower hanging from a clip which is syringed with nectar to entice the hummingbirds and the feeder being either removed or having the holes blocked so that the Hummingbird goes to the flower. You are set up about 6 metres away on a tripod with a transmitter or flash that is set to a frequency to set off all the other flashes at the same time giving no shadow on your photos. Personally I can take it or leave it, as the majority of my photos are now done without this setup but it was a good experience and helps you to use flash sensibly and is done by a lot of Americans. I have just posted 65 photos ranging from tiny little Woodstars to the huge Swordbill Hummingbird. Here is my usual link and I hope you enjoy them
http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup
Kindest Regards
Geoff Jones
Barraimaging
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Thank you for sharing those Geoff; just beautiful and make me want to catch the next plane to Ecuador ! I saw my first Hummingbird last year in San Francisco, iridescent little Anna’s Hummingbirds, impossibly tiny and so fast! Other USA highlights for us included a Bald Eagle at Yellowstone, Acorn & Pileated Woodpeckers at Yosemite, Northern Cardinals at Boston and Blue Jays in Central Park, New York. From Jenny Stiles