Comments on: Backyard Hummingbirds

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:54:23 +0000

In reply to David. Hi David, A light aimed the throat would only provide more light on essentially black feathers. The vivid red is not the color of the feathers which have no color at all. The red is reflected and refracted light from the feather structure and is only visible if the bird extends the throat feathers as when it is agitated, or flashing for an intruder.

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:35:04 +0000

Hi Dennis !!!
David from Toronto i do the Hummingbird in my friends back yard,
Just a tip u deed to use a throat light just below your to main lights,
Nice shots hope the tip works for u. Regards David

By: Dennis

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

In reply to Mary Lundeberg.

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.

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