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Not much action was happening in the wetlands the other day besides joggers and dog walkers So I thought I'd try to get a couple shots of the hummers while they were darting back and forth but I wanted them in the air. So for the next few days, That's what the subject will be. They move fast. Taken at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Doing what it seldom does.... catch some rest... and having some deep thoughts :). Overland Park Arboretum, KS
One of my shots I got of the humming birds when I was at Dead Horse Ranch State Park. It always amazes me how fast they flap their wings. To keep up I had to have a very fast shutter which meant a high ISO as well to compensate.
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Less than three weeks ago this wetland overflow from the adjoining lake was topped with thinning ice and the edges of the pond had varying depths of snow on them. But when the ice and snow made a lingering departure, water rose nearly 10 feet in this pond and encroached on the paved road separating the pond from the normal swampy area on the other side.
However, yesterday’s sunrise seems to have forgiven everything negative it heard about our Minnesota winters and instead flooded an observer’s senses with the sweet foretaste of the warm days that will court us for a few months before once again disappointing our friendship with the return of the cold months.
But for now we don’t focus on what will eventually come again but instead on more immediate pleasures and in the ears of our heart if we are still, we can hear the hum of boats and the sound of fishing line whining through the air as the smell of hamburgers cooking on a grill near the lake mixes with children shrieks as they delight at the coldness of the splashing water.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
Taken at a friend's home
Newnan, Georgia
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Photo series of humming bird or as we call them here blenchi in my mango tree.
I have never seen a nest so small, the eggs looked like jelly beans, at first the color was white then the color changed to brown. When the birds came out the egg they were black and so tiny the mom would still sit on the nest.
Yesterday the last one left the nest.
It was a joy to follow these birds from the making of the nest to last one leaving the nest.
Love these little beauties ... :-)
No use of my hummer image in any form without my permission! Thank you kindly!
Another day, another place, and another unexpected momentary hummer visit with no time to adjust settings...lol A lovely sight in Janice's yard yesterday!
I recently had a chance to spend a number of hours photographing Broad-Tailed hummingbirds in northern Colorado. What I have concluded, is that if these birds were any larger and carnivorous.....humans would not exist! These tiny and speedy birds are incredibly territorial and spend much of their day fighting over who should get to visit the feeders. One of my greatest photographic challenges is capturing these mighty little fighters with my camera. So much has to fall into place to be able to get 2 birds in focus in one image. This is why it takes hours of trying and waiting.
I was experimenting with my flash that I never use. I've had it for years and I've decided I should start learning how to use it. I have two, both Pentax. One the 360 and the other the 540. This is the Pentax AF-540FGZ Flash. It works through the camera and is pretty much automatic. The only drawback is that it limits my shutter speed to 1/200. I got a few shorts though. Still the wings are blurry but you can clearly see the outline.
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...
(By Lord Byron)
This image epitomizes my latest problem with my flowers. They're so thick, I can't maneuver into closer or better position for the bird. Probably doesn't matter because there are several of them and they're busy chasing each other in between slurps. They're fast too - I'm convinced somebody's gonna pick me off. Then there's the minimum focus problem, when they decide to hover in my face and look at me. Anyway, bird is far away in this one cropped a lot but I really wanted to show the sea of flowers. You can't see that pink and red salvia, but it's in there too along with poppy orange, Lantana yellow, and the target Mexican Sage.
Haven't had much luck getting a decent Hummer shot this year, so here's one from the archives to celebrate the season... :)
EXPLORE July 109 They don't sit for long, and the whole while they sit, their little heads are turning one way, then the other, ready to chase off any other hummers that enter their territory.
These beautiful little hummers frequent our garden all year.
Captured with a Sigma 150-600mm telephoto on a Nikon Z9 in morning light.