Rufous Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted June 8, 2011295 views20 comments

Same bird as my last pose six frames (and less than a second) earlier. Amazing technology we have available. I cropped this one considerably tighter and did a little cloning to reduce the bottom clutter.

1DMkIV, 500mm f4 + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f8, 1/1250, iso 800, Av mode with -1/3 compensation, cropped from 16MP to 4.9. Noise reduction on bg and a bit more sharpening than the last one. Taken at 7:10 pm on June 3rd.

As always, you comments are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 8, 2011 at 11:00 PM

Nice straight forward image with perfect focus on the behavior. Nice to see it not at a feeder!

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 8, 2011 at 11:09 PM

Just beautiful. Lighting is great and the wing position gives optimal viewing of the iridescent body. Nice and sharp.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 8, 2011 at 11:48 PM

Wow that is nice. Nice hell that is fantastic. Wings totally detailed and very, very nearly stopped, feet folded in tight. They don't come much better that this.

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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on June 9, 2011 at 1:52 AM

Wonderful image. Lovely colors, sharp where it needs to be, and great timing. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 9, 2011 at 2:48 AM

Wonderful, Dennis. The light really draws the eye to the hummer.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 9, 2011 at 7:53 AM

Beautiful shot Dennis - it's stood up to the crop well

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 9, 2011 at 8:44 AM

Very nice Dennis. Super sharp where it needs to be. Classic hummer pose. I might clone the brightest twig in the lower part of the foreground. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on June 9, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Great capture- Beautiful pose, sharpness and BG- Great job, Fabio

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on June 9, 2011 at 3:02 PM

Stunning shot love these birds

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 9, 2011 at 3:57 PM

Nice job in getting this difficult shot, the iridescent glow and colors really stand out, way to go.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on June 9, 2011 at 6:09 PM

Brilliant shot with superb detail, color, composition. Love the background.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 10, 2011 at 12:03 AM

Surely one of the dream captures of any bird photographer, excellent job Dennis, something to feel rightly proud about :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on June 10, 2011 at 5:17 AM

Wonderful stuff indeed !!
JohnR

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 10, 2011 at 7:23 AM

Beautiful, such vibrant colors. and clear as a bell.
Ray

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Comment posted by KC Choo on June 10, 2011 at 10:21 AM

This is superb, Dennis! I seem to have neglected these this year.

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Comment posted by David Sparks on June 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM

It's a beauty Dennis. Love the perch.

How about changing that to love the single flower?

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Comment posted by Dennis Binda on June 11, 2011 at 5:31 PM

almost missed yours Dennis, looks very good to me, great to see there is no definitive way of shooting hummers.

cheers, Dennis

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on June 12, 2011 at 3:09 AM

Lovely image.

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Comment posted by Harshad Barve on June 12, 2011 at 4:17 AM

absolute cracker of image

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 12, 2011 at 11:25 AM

Love the wings forward pose and beak deep within this great looking red flower. The arching stem and small buds add nicely Dennis.
Well done

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