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. ... (
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