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Randal FordRandal Ford - Hummingbird in Paris, Photography 2022, Printed After2022
2022
About the Item
A month ago, I made a trip to Paris. Paris, Texas, that is.
Through mutual friends, I found an owner of a ranch who had two large hummingbird feeders and was going through over two gallons of feed each day, feeding a flock of hummingbirds.
I have wanted to create a portrait of a hummingbird mid-flight for some time now. But the difficulties finding a location with enough birds to build a controlled environment around proved difficult.
After getting wind of the flock in Paris, TX, I made a road trip, determined to capture a picture of this speedy bird.
Upon arrival, there were no birds to be seen. Despite that, we built a mobile studio and waited for the air to cool and the bird's hunger to drive them to us. Before I knew it, I had dozens of hummingbirds in front of my camera lens.
To freeze the unreal speed of their wings, I used strobes (flashes) with a flash duration of 1/8000th of a second and a shutter speed on my camera of 1/8000th of a second, as well. I utilized my Nikon Z9 with a monstrous 300mm lens attached and photographed the birds over the course of an hour. In addition to freezing the detail of the wings, I also wanted as deep of focus as possible so I shot at an aperture of F16, which allowed for a massive depth of field.
Out of all the shots, this portrait of a bird, compositionally, struck a chord with me. The angulation of his beak, wings, and body felt perfect and true to the hovering and ascending nature of a hummingbird. And the light softly shaping the birds on both edges was perfect.
Shortly after the shoot, I did some basic retouching and tested large-format printed proofs to ensure extreme detail held up, and indeed it did.
This photograph will be printed once payment has been received and will ship directly from the printer the artist works with. Your certificate of authenticity will be shipped separately from your print and in most cases will ship directly from the gallery.
The Gallery is more than happy to provide clients with the next available edition number, however, the Gallery can only guarantee the specific edition number the client will receive once payment has been received.
- Creator:Randal Ford (1981, American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:40 x 40 Edition of 10Price: $4,20048 x 48 Edition of 5Price: $5,800
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- Gallery Location:Greenwich, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU25113485562
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