Rufous Hummingbird
by Dennis Plank
I've never seen one hitting the Mountain Bluet before, but this one was at it for a short while last night. I was actually taking pictures of it bathing in the pond (those will come later), but one of them came to the flowers that were barely outside the minimum focal distance I had difficulty with that much of the frame filled with achieving a good composition, but I thought a couple of them worked reasonably well.
1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 2.0TC, Jobu gimbal on RRS legs, f8, 1/800, iso 500, Aperture priority, -1/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped slightly from the UL corner to help decenter the hummingbird-final size is 13.4MP. Taken yesterday evening at 7:30 pm.
Your comments and criticisms are most appreciated.
Thanks for looking,
Comments
12 commentsNot hot enough for that yet. Looking forward to your bathing shots
Very well done
Well handled in all respects as usual . . .