On Monday I shared some of my hummingbird pictures from Costa Rica so today I’d like to show you more Costa Rican hummingbird pics from some of our members.
Birding Buddy Emil Baumbach loved photographing the hummingbirds on our trip. He suggested focusing your camera on a likely point where the hummingbird would appear and wait, rather than trying to track one around the feeders or flowers. It may take a little longer for a photo opportunity to show up this way, but when the hummer arrived at his focus point he was able to get some great shots. Here’s one of his shots of a Scintillant Hummingbird taken in Costa Rica. It was a rainy day so the low light necessitated setting the shutter speed to 1/400th of a second. Everything is tack-sharp except the wings. Note the tongue peeking out at the end of its bill.
Here’s another one from Emil of a Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird. Great detail in the shot, down to the tiny bead of dew on its bill.
We’ve seen some of Bajadreamer’s Costa Rican hummingbird pics before, but wait! There’s more! If this shot of a Talamanca Hummingbird looks wider than most shots it’s because he formatted it to display on a TV (16:9).
I’ll let Bajadreamer describe his next shot, “This diminutive hummingbird is one of the most sought after photography targets of Costa Rica. Very small, lives in a narrow elevation range and often in the darkest portions of the rain forest. Secretive and an exposure nightmare. This is a male Snowcap hummingbird.” I never hear of it before; now I want to see one.
We’ll take leave of our Costa Rican hummingbird excursion with this final shot of a Lesser Violetear, taken by asteinmann in 2020. Colorful bird at a colorful flower!
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