Tim Melling – Green Violetear Hummingbird

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Tim writes: I have always wanted to photograph a Hummingbird in flight and it isn’t as difficult as you might think.  They often visit hummingbird feeders but that does not look anywhere near as good as one feeding on flowers.  This was taken at a resort at Savegre in Costa Rica where hummingbirds were numerous on the feeders and in the gardens.  I chose an isolated flower and waited for the hummingbird to arrive, which didn’t take long.  I didn’t quite manage to freeze the wing tip on 1/1600 of a second but I was pleased enough with this.  Green Violetear is a common hummingbird throughout Central America and northern South America, but only at high altitudes.

 

Taken with a Nikon D7000 and an 80-400mm Nikkor lens on 400mm 1/1600 f5.6 ISO 800

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