Rufous Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted August 8, 2010203 views11 comments

Canon 7D, 500mm, 1/640, f8, ISO 400, 28% FF

Not a very good year for Hummingbirds this year in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. The spring and early summer was cold and wet which was probably hard on them. This was taken July 1ST.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 8, 2010 at 10:57 PM

A gorgeous Gorget and nice angle on this bird. Unfortunately it has suffered quite a bit from the large crop - I would suggest backing off and giving us a nice composition, there is no rule that says the subject must take up the whole frame.

- Luke

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 8, 2010 at 11:10 PM

Detail looks very good to me, at this size. I like the clean green background for this bird. With the wing extending behind the bird it has the bulk of his body to the right of the midline of the frame; so I would like a bit more room in front of the hummer and then a bit more below for balance. I know what you mean about the spring, I saw very few warblers this spring - very worrying to me!

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 9, 2010 at 8:04 AM

Detail around head and gorget is superb Dan. I'd probably prefer a bit more around it to provide a little bit of context.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 9, 2010 at 10:42 AM

Beautiful, Dan. I like the degree of blur and it's nice and sharp. Good angle to get the refractions from the gorget.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on August 9, 2010 at 12:32 PM

Cool!

I like the DOF with this body angle, it makes the head really 'jump out' (don't know how better to describe it, but I hope you catch my drift). Pity about a very heavy crop, but this is worth it.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on August 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM

Gorgeous Dan. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on August 9, 2010 at 3:41 PM

Excellent hummer shot! Love motion in the wings

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 9, 2010 at 11:14 PM

The light on the gorget is lovely and I love the motion blur of the wings.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on August 9, 2010 at 11:41 PM

Great gorget on this hummer. The crop as is gives a very interesting 3-D effect. Almost appears that the head is in front of the plane of the photo. I don't think you've lost anything. Well Done.