2020 - Image of the Week #4

Congrats Joel!

Glad you liked the sky shot Jonathan!

Thanks for the kind words and the pick of the week!. I was really excited when I took this and saw it on the camera LCD.

This particular species was especially challenging to capture and it was one of the very last images I took while in Ecuador.

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Originally Posted by Joel Eade

Violet Tailed Sylph

Multi-flash technique using 4 speed lights set to 1/16 power (radio triggers used to sync flashes)
5D MKIV
Canon 100-400mm II
iso 320
f/14
1/200

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Great choice and amazing shot!!! Impressive bird to say the least. Must have been a big bag of stuff going through the airport using all those flashes!!! ;)

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Originally Posted by Jayson

Great choice and amazing shot!!! Impressive bird to say the least. Must have been a big bag of stuff going through the airport using all those flashes!!! ;)

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Thanks! It was one of the gems of the trip for sure. I was participating in a workshop put on by Naturescapes.net and (thankfully) the flash gear was provided. BTW....I can highly recommend them as everything about the experience was first rate.

As for luggage, I was able again to bring most all my gear as carry ons ..... the 600, 100-400, 5DMKIV and Teleconverters in the 1510 Pelican. Two other bodies, batteries, memory cards, card readers, external drive, cables and laptop in a leather shoulder case. Tripod and gimbal head, battery chargers, rain covers, 2 on camera flashes and some other miscellaneous gear like tools and cleaning supplies in my checked bag.