Tufted Coquette
This bird is very difficult to photograph. Small, quick, does not come to feeders, only spends a second at each flower and tends to perch deep in bushes. This picture is the result of 4 hours of standing in front of a flower bed at Asa Wright (a wonderful place to visit) trying to anticipate and time a shot. If I ever go back to T&T it will be to get better pictures of this bird.
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Location Asa Wright Nature Center
Gender Male
Age Adult
Activity BIF (Bird in Flight), Feeding in the Wild
- Created Timestamp04/05/2019 07:19:55
- CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark IV
- Aperture6.3
- Focal Length700
- Iso1250
- Shutter Speed1/640
- Orientation1
Appreciate the effort it took to photograph this bird. When I zoom in on your photo the details are great. Maybe you can upload a zoomed in photo as well?
Thank you. Yes, even my wife (who enjoys photographing birds herself) thinks this borders on obsession. I enjoy the anticipation and even the disappointment when I don’t get the picture I would like to have is not frustrating to me. I do wish I had the time and money to revisit some of these places as I would love to have many more pictures of this same bird.
Sorry, I never did answer your question about zooming in. Certainly that would show fine feather details better. My primary disappointment with this picture is the busy background. I attempted to clone out some of the background flower stems but that looked horrible. I do not like to totally replace a background in my pictures. I will recrop to see if I can get some of the background clutter out without exaggerating the remaining flower stems.
What an interesting looking bird! So colorful and with different features not seen on other hummers. I don’t know if I would have that kind of patience – thanks for getting the shot!
Thank you for your kind comments and your efforts with the site. I hope it continues to grow.