Comments for Dennis Goulet Photography

Comment on Inspiring a Poet by acekin

acekin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:51:34 +0000

Oh, how nice!

Comment on Yellowstone National Park in Winter — Part 2 by Murray Smith

Murray Smith — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:14:52 +0000

Terrific, Dennis. Many thanks. Murray

Comment on Costa Rica 2011 The Art of Biodiversity – Part 2 by Phil Kulas

Phil Kulas — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:26:00 +0000

My friend told me about your site, so I thought I’d come have a read. Very interesting reading, will be back for more!

Comment on Costa Rica 2011 The Art of Biodiversity – Part 4 by Jack McLane

Jack McLane — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:32:46 +0000

What beautiful birds and a great capture, Dennis

Comment on Audubon Magazine Birds In Focus Winner by Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:24:03 +0000

Hi Jessica,

Thanks for your kind words.
I use three Canon 550EX flashes and one 420EZ flash which has a Ikelite trigger attached. The 550EXs are triggered by the Canon 7D built-in remote flash controller, similar to the ST-E2. The 420 detects the flash of one of the 550s and triggers from that. The 420EZ in lighting the background, two 550s are on each side of the bird and one is either placed behind as a “hair light” or sometimes placed in front higher or lower than one of the other flashes. The Canon 7D manual mode settings are ISO 400 or 500, f/16 tp f/20, and always 1/200 sec exposure time.

This set up is typical, but depending on the situation, the lights may be moved around a bit. It’s the short duration of the flash that captures the wing movement, and the flashes are usually set to 1/8 or 1/16 power to make the flash duration on the order of 1/10,000 second.

Comment on Audubon Magazine Birds In Focus Winner by Jessica K. Sullivan

Jessica K. Sullivan — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:53:42 +0000

I just saw your amazing photo on the wall of the Audubon’s Facebook. Wow! May I ask, what camera did you use? What were your settings? I am very inspired to keep practicing different captures of Hummingbirds from great photographers such as yourself. Thank you for sharing!

Comment on Backyard Hummingbirds by Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:09:42 +0000

Thanks Mary,

I use three Canon 550EX flashes and one 420EZ flash which has a Ikelite trigger attached. The 550EXs are triggered by the Canon 7D built-in remote flash controller, similar to the ST-E2. The 420 detects the flash of one of the 550s and triggers from that. The 420EZ in lighting the background, two 550s are on each side of the bird and one is either placed behind as a “hair light” or sometimes placed in front higher or lower than one of teh other flashes. The Canon 7D manual mode settings are ISO 400 or 500, f/16 tp f/20, and always 1/200 sec exposure time.

Comment on Backyard Hummingbirds by Mary Lundeberg

Mary Lundeberg — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:47:06 +0000

These are stunning photos! How many lights are you using to capture these photos of the hummingbirds? What settings are you using on your 7D camera?
Mary

Comment on Costa Rica 2011 The Art of Biodiversity – Part 3 by Cemal Ekin

Cemal Ekin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:20:19 +0000

Nice experience you two had Dennis, but I would have passed on holding the snake (as I’m sure you have!) The Eucalyptus Bark is particularly nice, along with the three-toed sloth baby and the leaf edge.

Comment on Audubon Magazine Birds In Focus Winner by Richard

Richard — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:10:03 +0000

Incredible photo! All of the photos were great and I am glad that I was not one of the judges as it would have been very difficult to pick a winner. Your photo though is beautifully captured! Well done!