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Textured - It's truly amazing the level of detail many modern cameras resolve. While I enjoyed taking more compositional images of this male Allen's Hummingbird, towards the end, I noticed he was very comfortable with people. So I swapped to my zoom and quietly waited closer to his perch to capture a closeup.
I really liked this look back pose as he checked if any other hummingbirds were encroaching on his patch. Male, female, Allen's, or Anna's he didn't discriminate - gave them all the aggressive treatment. Towards the end of the morning I noticed his chest heaving as he was exerting so much energy chasing everybody.
Recently, I've been focusing primarily on enjoying my time outdoors rather than goalsetting for images. I find that this approach is more liberating. That being said I'd love to try for some flight shots next time I visit this guy.
Species: Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR, Handheld
Settings: 1/320s, ISO: 1250, f/8 @500mm
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Textured - It's truly amazing the level of detail many modern cameras resolve. While I enjoyed taking more compositional images of this male Allen's Hummingbird, towards the end, I noticed he was very comfortable with people. So I swapped to my zoom and quietly waited closer to his perch to capture a closeup.
I really liked this look back pose as he checked if any other hummingbirds were encroaching on his patch. Male, female, Allen's, or Anna's he didn't discriminate - gave them all the aggressive treatment. Towards the end of the morning I noticed his chest heaving as he was exerting so much energy chasing everybody.
Recently, I've been focusing primarily on enjoying my time outdoors rather than goalsetting for images. I find that this approach is more liberating. That being said I'd love to try for some flight shots next time I visit this guy.
Species: Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR, Handheld
Settings: 1/320s, ISO: 1250, f/8 @500mm