Hummingbirds of La Paz Waterfalls

[Ely Teehankee]

I have seen a lot of Hummingbirds at San Gerardo de Dota but not as many as the ones that I saw at the La Paz Waterfalls. The place has a lot of flowers that the Hummingbirds feed on aside from the feeders that are place in strategic areas to attract them. I wonder if they ever hit anybody at the speed that they zoom in and out of the area.




Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 300mm
f/2.8L IS USM.
Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, Wimberley WH200 head. Manual exposure in available light.



Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) Female 5 inches (13 cm)
Thanks to Desmond Allen who identified these birds for me. It was a pleasant surprise to me that I was able to take both the male & female of several specise of birds at the La Paz Waterfalls.
1/250 sec., f/2.8, ISO 3200




Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird Male
1/250 sec., f/2.8, ISO 3200




Green-crowned Brilliant Female
1/4000 sec., f/2.8, ISO 3200




1/500 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Green-crowned Brilliant Male




Purple-throated Mountain Gem Male (Lampornis calolaemus) 4 inches (10 cm) These 3 pictures of the Purple-throated Mountain Gem were all taken with a Canon 100mm Macro Lens f/2.8 at 1.03 meters. Handheld.
1/2500 sec., f/2.8, ISO 1600




Purple-throated Mountain Gem Female, Canon 100mm Macro Lens f/2.8 at 1.03 meters. Handheld.
1/1600 sec., f/2.8, ISO 1600





Purple-throated Mountain Gem Female, Canon 100mm Macro Lens f/2.8 at 1.03 meters. Handheld. The bird's profile were almost all on the same plain enabling me to get a good focus on the bird.
1/2500 sec., f/2.8, ISO 1600




Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) 6 inches (15 cm) One of the biggest hummingbird that I have seen and the glittering-violet hues are unbelievable.
1/320 sec., f/2.8, ISO 3200

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Wow, super detailed shots of beautiful hummingbirds! Well done, Ely!

[Ely Teehankee]

Dec 16, 2012 4:56:48 GMT Ramon Quisumbing said:

Wow, super detailed shots of beautiful hummingbirds! Well done, Ely!

Thank you Ramon. If ever you go to Costa Rica, this is the place to stay for at least two days. It is a resort with plenty of hummingbirds, plus others. They also have a lot of small & colorful frogs that I took pictures of, with Ariel's 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens. I had an opportunity to take hummingbirds with the Macro at a distance of about 1.03 meters and my favorite picture in this series is the Purple-throated Mountain Gem Female (2nd to the last picture) as the bird was posed on a single plain enabling the camera to focus from head to tail.

[Mick Harris]

Great set of images

[Ely Teehankee]

Dec 26, 2012 18:15:39 GMT Mick Harris said:

Great set of images

Thank you Mick. These hummingbirds can drive you cuckoo when you see so many of them at the same time. I choose a group and than concentrate on one of them at a time. LOL.

[Edwin Matias]

Sir Ely,

What an awesome captures of these hummingbirds, again tons of details

Regards,
Edwin

[Ely Teehankee]

Jan 16, 2013 1:51:15 GMT Edwin Matias said:

Sir Ely,

What an awesome captures of these hummingbirds, again tons of details

Regards,
Edwin

Thank you Edwin. It was really exciting to take their picture with a Macro 100mm lens that Ariel lent me.