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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Glenn Bartley on March 09, 2012, 10:23:20 am

Title: Royal Sunangel (Peru)
Post by: Glenn Bartley on March 09, 2012, 10:23:20 am

Perhaps not the most spectacular of the 300+ species of hummingbirds in the world. Nevertheless the Royal Sunangel is certainly unique! Restricted to a small area of northern Peru and Southern Ecuador these birds are such a beautiful shade of deep royal blue. I was thrilled to find one after a few days searching :)

(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/498/royalsunangel01.jpg)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Flash: On
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

Title: Re: Royal Sunangel (Peru)
Post by: Praki on March 11, 2012, 08:37:01 pm

Glenn:
A lovely image as always. The fellow looks like he knows he is handsome.  Being hummingbirds, they must be small? But the depth of field fall off makes his tail almost a part of the bokeh. Maybe one stop less would have his tail in focus.

Title: Re: Royal Sunangel (Peru)
Post by: rambler44 on March 13, 2012, 06:50:07 pm

Amazing color.  This is a really neat photo.