Posted by Toni Lankerd on September 29, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Okay...so he wasn't quite the last one I saw this year, but he was the last and only one I've seen standing on a flower. This little guy buzzed around and visited one Dahlia after another while I was busy taking some shots of the flowers.
Unfortunately, I blew some of the whites in the back Dahlia, and I had to crop to vertical from horizontal, but I still like the Hummer's pose, standing on the petals and wings outspread.
Pentax K10D, Pentax 80-320 @200mm, f8, 1/800, iso 200, Manual WB
Posted by Darren Huski on September 30, 2008 at 9:33 AM
I like it. Nice colors and very crisp. I like the red flower in the background, but I also might try a tighter crop of just the white flowers (maybe a square) too see if it becomes an entirely different image.
Posted by Chuck Beatty on September 30, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Beautiful and unique capture, Toni. I agree with Darren that cropping the red flower might give this a completely different feel.
Posted by Jack Graham on October 1, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Toni,
You nailes its eye... really a good image. I need to learn how to shoot these guys!
JG
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5 repliesUnfortunately, I blew some of the whites in the back Dahlia, and I had to crop to vertical from horizontal, but I still like the Hummer's pose, standing on the petals and wings outspread.
Pentax K10D, Pentax 80-320 @200mm, f8, 1/800, iso 200, Manual WB
You nailes its eye... really a good image. I need to learn how to shoot these guys!
JG