Black Chinned Hummingbird
by Gregory Scott
Title
Black Chinned Hummingbird
Artist
Gregory Scott
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is a high speed flash photo of a black chinned hummingbird hovering.
This photo illustrates the core concept of my hummingbird studio series: The bird, the whole bird, and nothing but the bird!
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October 26th, 2011
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Gregory Scott
Thanks. i use a Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro. I find that lens has outstanding clarity and contrast in this range. That's long enough, as you can get very close to hummingbirds. I used a white cardboard background, which appears grey if it is farther away, white if it is close. The flash is a custom built Olsen Ultra high speed flash, which is quite old, but in truth, for hummingbirds, Canon 550 flashes are good enough if set at 1/128th power and placed very close to the bird. Most used autofocus, since my 5D focuses quickly enough on a hovering hummingbird. However, in low light, it works fairly well to prefocus on where the bird usually hovers.
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