The white-necked jacobin (also known as the great jacobin or the collared hummingbird) was just one of the many beautiful hummingbirds that I saw while in Trinidad at the Asa Wright Nature Center. This is the male of the species. The females are more uniformly green. A hummingbird’s wings can flap at up to 80 times per second, so I used a reduced flash setting to help freeze the action, with only slight ghosting of the wingtips from ambient light. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 240mm) ISO 500, f/11 at 1/250th of a second, two Nikon SB-900 flash units at 1/16th power
Beautiful colors sure the guys are always looking to attract the pretty girls but this is a new approach Mother Nature knew what she was doing
Great capture of wings & movement
Aunt Sue
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The white-necked jacobin (also known as the great jacobin or the collared hummingbird) was just one of the many beautiful hummingbirds that I saw while in Trinidad at the Asa Wright Nature Center. This is the male of the species. The females are more uniformly green. A hummingbird’s wings can flap at up to 80 times per second, so I used a reduced flash setting to help freeze the action, with only slight ghosting of the wingtips from ambient light.
A moment stolen
Yet yealded reluctantly
Times fugitive pulse
Superb.
Beautiful colors sure the guys are always looking to attract the pretty girls but this is a new approach Mother Nature knew what she was doing
Great capture of wings & movement
Aunt Sue
Great action shot with beautiful colors.
Doesn’t matter how many hummingbirds you see, they are always magical. You captured the feeling!
A beautiful bird, beautifully captured!
great color and great pic. of the bird.