Ecuador is probably the best country in the world to learn, photograph, and discover these fantastic gems of the natural world; It possesses over 135 species and many of them go to feeders; in our workshops, we´ll show you the different technics: from “Multiple Flash Photography” and “High-Speed Synchronization” to “Natural Available light”, in order to capture the best images of these fantastic creatures. Below, you´ll find some of the different species, photographed with the various methods mentioned before.
The north west Ecuador poses over 40 Sp. of hummingbirds that can be photograph, over 50 % of them go to feeders and the others visit special flowers in the forest, we´ll visit feeders, set up lights by flowers but also go into the forest in order to photograph these amazing birds.
Amazing multiple flash photography.
A common visitor to several feeding stations in the northwest.
Another common visitor of feeders in the northwest.
One of the most common endemics west of the Andes.
A fantastic bird found at Datura flowers both sides of the Andes.
A Choco endemic hummingbird in the cloud forest of northwest Ecuador.
A spectacular quite common hummer from the cloud forest.
A common bird at feeders and away from them in the upper montane forest.
A common bird of the lower mountain forest.
An uncommon bird of the high Andes.
A common encounter of the western cloud forest of Ecuador.
A common hummer near and away from feeders.
One of the rarest hummingbirds in the world.
A quite common hummingbird by feeders.
A common hummingbird at feeders.
A common hummingbird of the lowlands, never at feeders.
Probably de most common hummingbird at lower mountain forest feeders.
An uncommon bird inside pristine mature forest.
A common bird at feeders.
A common bird at the right elevation.
A common hummingbird on the mountains of Ecuador.
A common encounter west of the Andes.
One of the cutest hummingbirds in southeast Ecuador. Captured with Natural light.
A common bird at feeders.
A fantastic common visitor at feeders.
A difficult bird when not at feeders.
We´ll encounter this fantastic hummingbird at feeders in Narupa and Wild Sumaco.
Another beauty found at feeders of the eastern Andes.
Not found at feeders but at Verbena flowers close to feeders.
A common bird on the east slopes.
A common bird at feeders on the east slope.
A quite common bird on the southern east slopes.
An uncommon bird in the Amazon primary and secondary forest.
A common bird in Amazon secondary forest.
A common bird on the lowland Amazon forest.
A common bird at Quito’s gardens.
An uncommon bird on the eastern slopes of the Andes.
A common bird on the eastern slopes of the Andes.
An uncommon bird on the eastern slope of the Andes.
A very local hummingbird in the eastern mountains of Peru.
An uncommon bird near Cusco
A common hummingbird near Cusco.
A common small bird of the High Andes.
An uncommon encounter on the high Andes.
An uncommon encounter, photographed with “Natural Available Light”
A common encounter in the high Andes, photographed with natural available light.
A common encounter on the high Andes, photographed with Natural Available Light.
A common encounter on the high Andes, photographed with Natural Available Light.
A common encounter in southern Ecuador.