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I sat on my back porch watching a humming bird contend with a yellow jacket. It occurred to me that this was like me being confronted with a timber wolf wielding a poisonous sword.
. . . This male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is flashing his colorful neck at me, but really he is showing off for other Hummingbirds in the area. He chased several other females and younger birds away from the feeder as I watched.
This time of year the birds hit the feeders hard because in a few weeks they will have a thousand mile migration ahead of them.
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It had been raining at a rate of 1/2 inch per hour when this fellow decided to fuel up out of the rain.
Morning hums....
Alone content in my presence of being. My eyes open to birds humming over the silk clouds near the old tree glowing in the morning of light of dawn near the sweet aroma of flowers..As her lens become clear her light and colours shine brightly to enrich our world of love and light where freedom resides...
A message to all women in the world... Freedom resides deep within You!! You are precious, unique individuals !! Freedom of choice and expression is your human right. Sending love and light!!
I am thinking about humanity in art and the struggles many artists woman face in their art/ life. That ,pain we feel suffering real things that empower art the energy that moves resides deep within you that ignites it, We mustn't lose our essence, listen to your inner voice that helps you stay true and be free to express yourself as an artist creator an individual. This is precious!! It is important we stay true....
My heart goes out to the very brave, courageous Ukrainian people and all innocent people who are suffering through this war. l pray for peace and harmony soon to the Ukrainian people to the world. Stay strong !
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Hummer perched on a Zinnia petal...if only just for a second to rest. You can also see near the brown flower head, a tiny yellow dot, thats a highlighted droplet of necter that fell out of this ones mouth. I watched it for a while and it was a messy eater. In less then a month now they will start their journey South to Central America for the winter. Good luck little friends!!
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We've been lucky to have several of these in the garden most days recently. They are never still for a second!
Nice thing about Southern CA is that there are always flowers hardy enough for the mild winter season to attract hummingbirds...My first hummer for the year.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris, female, I think. I have started going through some old images of backyard birds and this one caught my eye for some reason. It was taken in August, 2014 with a few others that are similar. Back in those days I had hummer feeders until Paper Wasps took over and pushed and chased the hummers (and me) away. Thank you for taking time from your busy day to view, fave and comment on my images. It is always appreciated.
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Not sure which species this is - probably either a Black-chinned or Ruby-throated based on its location at South Llano River State Park.
Pretty little hummer toward dusk last night....it was high ISO and very grainy so I used a little of the liquify tool to smear the grainy background. It helped I think....it was pretty ugly......just love how you can save something with photoshop...at least make it better than it was.... especially if one part is good and one part isnt' so great.
I stopped at a light in Gilbert Arizona and saw this modified Hummer drive by. I was able to grab my camera and get it going away. Interesting looking project.
No doubt about it... I was humming my little victory tune in the car on the way home after shooting this one!!
I had absolutely no idea where I was going, or what I wanted to shoot when I left home with my camera yesterday afternoon. What I did know was that the clouds were looking very good and that the wind had died down completely... so I was hoping to find a nice dam somewhere... with some nice foreground interest... preferably something that I haven't shot a million times already!
While driving around aimlessly but quite intently... I kept thinking about what my friend Mark Vee recently said to me. He was so impressed with some of the subjects and compositions that I've managed to capture with my new D3100 lately... that he wondered if it wasn't perhaps a "lucky" camera? I must admit that I have been feeling rather lucky lately... somehow I've managed to find something (fairly) interesting every single time that I've gone out shooting with this camera. I was really hoping that my luck would hold out and that I would find my nice dam and interesting foreground real soon... the sun was going to set in 20 minutes... and I still hadn't found anything even remotely worthwhile!
Just then I drove past the field where our three "experimental" wind turbines are parked... should I bother to stop I wondered... I've shot these things so many times already... and I didn't remember ever seeing a dam here before. But time was running out... I'd better get my camera on my tripod soon... the light was starting to look really good... if I didn't stop now... I was going definitely to miss out on the best part of the sunset!
So I parked the car... hopped over the fence... and ran into the field to see what I could find. Imagine my surprise when I discovered this little pool of water... exactly where I needed it to be... to reflect the wind turbine perfectly in the water. Then I noticed the cracked mud covered by less than an inch of water... that would make the perfect foreground interest... what a luck! Although the wind had died down... every now and again a slight gust would start turning the blades of the turbine. That meant that I would have to wait till they stopped completely if I wanted to match up their position in both the upper and lower images that make up this Vertorama.
The sunset was nice... but the blades were still turning! I tried to shoot the upper and lower images when the blades were in exactly the same position... but I never managed to time it just right. But then... just as the clouds were at their pinkest... the blades stopped turning... and a gap opened up in the clouds right behind the turbine... framing the blades perfectly... what a luck! The best part of the clouds was also positioned perfectly to the right of the turbine... allowing me to compose my Vertorama with the turbine off-center in the frame... what a luck!!
Don't you just love it when everything falls into place like this? I simply couldn't have asked for more! This must be a "lucky" camera!! :)
Nikon D3100, Sigma 10-20mm at 20mm, aperture of f10, with a 1/8th second exposure.
Click here to check out my Vertorama tutorial.
a quiet heartbeat
yr quiet beats shine like millions
race runner you shine like millions
have we come to far to get home?
you sleep.
as small stars fly back home
oh! come on!
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Here's a male, broad-teil hummingbird, flashing his ruby gorget, as he enjoys some catnip at Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado. There's a currant bush behind him, where I've been shooting catbirds, robins, house finch and goldfinch, as they feast on the ripe berries.
I spend hours sitting here, always listening for the telltale sound of a male broad-tail flying by. Some days< i'll hear that sound and not even see the hummer. Other times, I see it flash by and maybe dive bomb me once or twice as it goes about its business. On my lucky days, like this morning, it'll stop and feed on thistle or catnip, or whatever is in bloom. Today, he did it a couple of times. He was only there a few seconds, but I've gotten good at locking him into focus quickly.
I have a button on my camera that I can push to raise the frames per second to 120-fps. I seldom use it, but when a hummingbird comes by, I push the button, so that I get to choose the best pose from many possible.
My first attempt at shooting humming birds hand-held. They have finally started coming around our feeders. I can't seem to work fast enough to get them in focus very often.
Al Hummer knows me, I'm sure. He doesn't really appreciate the click of my camera, but he allows it. It's either that or no food!
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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