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Jul 20, 2019 10:03:13   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
bajadreamer wrote:
These are pictures of White-necked Jacobin males. The females are somewhat more drab, green and white. These are one of the most wide spread of all hummingbirds with a range that extends from south central Mexico to southern Brazil. Overall uncommon but certain areas contain high numbers of individuals. Often very aggressive toward other hummers. These shots were taken in several locations in northern Costa Rica.
The flight shots were taken with a 500 mm lens, set at F/25.0 to maximize DOF, 1/200 second, ISO 800. A flash was used at -2 FEC. The lens was prefocused on the ginger flower and then set to manual focus. The camera was triggered with a cabled remote. Great fun, but you can take a zillion shots real quick. I ended up with about 40 keepers out of 800 shots. Most of the culls were because too many hummers in the picture. Unfortunately the flash was too far away from the flower to use a super short flash duration to completely freeze the wings.
These are pictures of White-necked Jacobin males. ... (show quote)


how beautiful they are, bajadreamer! I love their gorgeous colors!

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Jul 20, 2019 10:12:31   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
merrytexan wrote:
how beautiful they are, bajadreamer! I love their gorgeous colors!


Unusual hummers in that their colors show from any angle.

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Jul 20, 2019 11:14:28   #
Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida
 
These are very nice indeed and I think you've done it with them. Put them on your walls.......please.

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Jul 20, 2019 11:36:24   #
Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Very good set.

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Jul 20, 2019 11:53:53   #
crafterwantabe Loc: Mn
 
Beautiful

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Jul 20, 2019 12:48:00   #
Susan yamakawa
 
Beautiful unusual hummers❣️

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Jul 20, 2019 14:07:31   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
These are very nice indeed and I think you've done it with them. Put them on your walls.......please.


Thank you. I currently use an old flat screen mounted on the wall to run a continuous loop of photos. So yes, many of these are running on that TV.

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Jul 20, 2019 14:08:10   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
crafterwantabe wrote:
Beautiful


Thank you. They are beautiful birds. It is also nice they are cooperative if difficult to photograph.

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Jul 20, 2019 14:08:38   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
Susan yamakawa wrote:
Beautiful unusual hummers❣️


Gorgeous is the word that comes to my mind. Love these birds.

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Jul 20, 2019 19:03:05   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
Some nice work baja!
on

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Jul 20, 2019 21:22:38   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
PAR4DCR wrote:
Some nice work baja!
on


Thank you. Great fun shooting hummers!

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Jul 21, 2019 00:42:09   #
woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa
 
Wonderful set of hummingbirds

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Jul 21, 2019 08:29:06   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
woodweasel wrote:
Wonderful set of hummingbirds


They are beautiful birds. Hard to go wrong shooting these.

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Aug 19, 2019 09:41:54   #
Feiertag Loc: British Columbia, Canada
 
Wonderful series, Jim.

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