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Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird

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Posted by Daniel Loomis on July 15, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird
I stopped at some flowering shrubs (ID?) in a park in Arlington, TX, on Tuesday and found this female Ruby Throat visiting the flowers. I was not fast enough to capture her eating, but she eventually had to stop and rest . . .

I was concerned about the busy background so I burned some of the brightest flowers behind the bird to make them a little less prominent.

40D
700mm
f/5.6
1/1000s
ISO 200
cropped from horizontal to vertical, approx. 50% of FF
Posted by Bill Dark on July 15, 2009 at 10:12 AM
A wonderful image, Daniel. The exposure looks perfect, and a wise decision to blur the bg flowers. Nice work!
Posted by Barry Southon on July 15, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Daniel

Outstanding.

:wink:
Posted by Matthew Kennedy on July 15, 2009 at 5:09 PM
I was wondering when we were going to see some hummingbird shots from you. Very nice
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 15, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Very nice Daniel. Sitting would be the only way I could capture one of these ... I mean the bird sittting! :wink:
Posted by Gale Rainwater on July 16, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Nice Daniel, I never see these guys setting still like this. I agree I like the background.