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How do they do that?

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Posted by Dennis Plank on July 12, 2009 at 4:59 PM
How do they do that?
I was luck enough to witness this hummingbird get a small flower stuck to the tip of it's beak and rid itself of it. I was even luckier to capture it (more or less). I'd be interested in other sets of images of how birds do things we don't normally think about. :wavey:
Posted by Dennis Plank on July 12, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Step 2
Posted by Dennis Plank on July 12, 2009 at 5:02 PM
And the removal technique. :toast:
Posted by Luke Ormand on July 12, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Fantastic series - I don't have anything to add, but that's really great.
Posted by Nate Chappell on July 12, 2009 at 9:20 PM
That is an awesome series Dennis :toast:
Posted by Jim DeWitt on July 13, 2009 at 2:22 AM
Very cool, Dennis!
Posted by Kedar Bhat on July 13, 2009 at 5:27 AM
fantastic series :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Cheryl Molennor on July 13, 2009 at 3:21 PM
awesome Dennis! They do amaze me as well
Posted by Rob Graham on July 15, 2009 at 12:20 AM
amazing series, what sort of setup do you use to capture the hummers like this? hummingbird season starts here in a couple weeks :)
Posted by Paul DeCesare on July 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Superb series Dennis! What shutter speed is necessary to capture such detail with just mildly blurred wings like you did? I think that portrays the hummingbird best.
Posted by Bryan Maltais on July 17, 2009 at 1:14 AM
BRAVO!!!

Dennis what ISO did you shoot this at?
Posted by Dennis Plank on July 17, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Several people have asked for specs on this series. Here they are:

f8, 1/800 sec, iso 500, taken in early morning light (6:39 am on July 11th). Note we're at about 46 degrees latitude here, so that's maybe an hour after sunrise. Equipment was a Canon 40D, 500mm lens with 1.4TC on a tripod set approximately level with the flower tops. All natural light. Thanks for your interest. :wavey:
Posted by Rebecka on July 18, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Holy cow - amazing images, Dennis!!!!!! Thanks for sharing -- I learned something. :toast:
Posted by Peter Conway on July 18, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Dennis what a great series!

Peter
Posted by bill meikle on July 26, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Love the hummers Dennis, you asked about other behaviours, well I spent a while watching this cormorant tossing a piece of waterlogged stick around, seemed to be just playing with it, maybe its practice for catching fish I don't know.
Posted by Dennis Plank on July 27, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Way cool, Bill! What a neat behavior to capture. :toast:
Posted by KC Choo on August 11, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Great Hummer series, Dennis!