Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
This shot was also taken from our balcony in Mindo, EC. I placed sugar water in the flower and soon a multitude of hummingbirds were coming. This shot looks flashed (it was not) and also looks like birds were Photoshopped into the picture (they were not). 4 birds, 3 different species. The three on the left (Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, and Green Thorntail (female) did not take kindly to the intrusion of the White-whiskered Hermit on the right. This confrontation deteriorated quickly.
I moved slightly from the previous shot to get a different POV. The shot has been cropped slightly from R and bottom; the BG has been darkened, de saturated and slightly blurred.
Country Ecuador
Location Punta Ornitilogico, Mindo, EC
Gender Unknown
Age Adult
Activity At a Bird Feeder, Feeding in the Wild
- Created Timestamp08/29/2022 15:17:26
- CameraCanon EOS R7
- Aperture7.1
- CreditDeb Babbitt
- Focal Length100
- Iso6400
- Shutter Speed1/2000
Great capture!
Amazing shot of the four hummers at once – two flying! Interesting technique of placing sugar water in the plant. You really got great results.
When you place sugar water in the flower, it does not attract the hummers (they are already coming to the flower) but it keeps them at the flower longer than they would normally stay. Gives you more time to get focus and shoot.