Incorporating all we have learned…..

Students who have been on my workshops know just how much time, effort and energy is involved in achieving images like the ones I shot this afternoon…..(see below). Shooting hummingbirds amongst foliage is quite simply a nightmare, and only for those with a lot of patience.

No matter how good your autofocus is, it much prefers to latch onto a flower or a leaf rather than a bird that is flying at more than 10 feet per second. Plus, creating quality lighting in amongst all those plants without casting shadows is really, really tough. That being said, with a lot of care and the application of techniques we have learned we can pull off some pretty sensational images – sharply focused hummers, with wings frozen, nicely exposed with very high quality and flattering lighting.

All of my students now have the knowledge to create similar images to those below – I get a big thrill teaching them how to do it..

Click on the thumbnails for a larger (but still low resolution) image