Today I want to share with you pictures of the smallest bird in the world, Zunzuncito (Mellisuga helenae), one of the most difficult I have ever had to take due to its scarce 5 cm. It is very tiny and even locating them is an odyssey.
They only live in Cuba, and in very specific places.
To take these pictures I had to travel to La Ciénaga de Zapata, in the province of Matanzas, where they can be found, thanks to the courtesy of a friend who is a local and his kindness in allowing me to see them in his backyard.
In truth, they are so tiny that most of the time you hear them vocalizing in the bushes, but it is very difficult to see them, only rarely do they stand still and let you photograph them. Luckily for me, there was a drinking fountain there and I was able to return home happy with my photo.
All photographs were taken by me, with a Nikon D200 camera and a Tamron 70-300mm lens.
Translation with DeepL
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I have always thought that capturing hummingbirds in photographs was a very difficult task, but your photographs make it look easy. I have loved them all!
Thank you very much, yes it is a difficult task but with a lot of practice and patience the photographs can come out, greetings.
Como siempre encantada con tus fotos, me gusto particularmente la última. Me gusta que des datos sobre las aves en tus post, es informativo. Sigue con el excelente trabajo.
Es un placer que le hayan gustado las fotos, por eso le hice una con la jeringa para que se observe el tamaño real del ave. Gracias por su comentario. Saludos
La bellleza de las cosas pequeñas! Tuviste que tirarle muchas fotos para captarlo bien??
Muchísimas tuve que hacerle
me imagine!!
Que joya tan maravillosa tenemos en nuestro país!! Es un gran deleite disfrutar de ella!! Hermosas fotografías mi amigo!! Un abrazo 🤗