"That little bird is hilarious! It look like he is standing on those tail feathers. This is an outstanding photograph. Congratulations These are very difficult to photograph and this is a great photograph."
For the past 16 years, award-winning nature photographer Linda Robbins has traveled the world capturing the beauty of wildlife through her lenses. Her photographs, noted for their graphic look and pleasing compositions, have been published in various books and magazines, and she is a contributor to Cornell University’s Birds of North
America project. In addition, she donates many of her images to conservation organizations that are working to protect wildlife.
Linda leads instructional photographic tours to the greatest wildlife locations in the world where she teaches photographers how to improve their wildlife images, and she is a skilled Photoshop instructor as well as a frequent speaker. Her book “How to Photograph Hummingbirds Using High Speed Multiple Flash Setups” is a complete guide to specialized high-speed photography methods, and hummingbird photography is her specialty. She is Editor-in-Chief of Birdphotographers.net, a critiquing web site featuring articles by the world’s leading wildlife photographers.
A proud member of NANPA (North American Nature Photography Association)
My Photography Equipment:
Canon DSLR bodies, Canon lenses from 180 macro to 500mm. Gitzo tripods, Lowepro and Think Tank bags, Canon and Nikon flashes, Wimberly heads.
Contact:
Hummingbird Addiction Tours (hummingbird photography on multiple high speed flash set-ups in various South American locations)
At 10:20am on September 8, 2010, Dean Newman said…
Linda,
Posted some images of hummingbirds from the Guango Lodge trip last year. Love to do another trip with you. Look forward to catching up.
Dean Newman
Linda, As you are probably aware, there is a shortage of SB26 flash heads, (probably because of your CD). Anyway, I have found the SB80DX to be an extremely capable replacement, about the same cost (used, and easier to find). Guide No. 125 and manual settings all the way to 1/128 with Wireless capabilities.
I Linda, Just received the DVD on Hummingbirds. I wonder if for a favor you could sign my DVD if I send it to you? Just use a magic marker directly on the DVD, if you could do that I would be forever in your debt.
Thank you for the invitation to purchase the DVD directly from you but I had already ordered the book from Art. I wonder if I can get a discount on the DVD to supplement the book?
OK Linda, your hummer book has not yet arrived, I wonder if you can answer a question about the outdoor flash setup? How are you triggering the slave flashes? I will be using a mix of old and new technology and wonder if I can get away with using IR slave triggers, or white light triggers, with any success? I don't know much about which triggers may work or not. I have been using Old flash units (Vivitar 283,285) from my old film days. They are good units and I could (Hopefully) save a bit if I use a mixed system to see what kind of results I can get before I go to the expense of Light stands, Radio units, Multiple IR flashes, ect....
P.S. I do have the SB800 and some SB50's to supplement.