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The HUMMER H3 is the baby of the range - newer, smaller and more civilised than its siblings but don't be fooled by this statement because size-wise, it is still one of the most imposing vehicles on the road today
Not my usual "flyer" but a fascinating moth. Its wings can beat up to eighty times a second, 4,800 times a minute, sadly I don't have the skill or camera that could cope with that.
In case you're wondering about the yellow background...it was a grass field lit up by the afternoon sun. This is another advantage of shooting against the sun and light up the hummer with fill flash.
Hand held Z8. Experimenting with high ISO and shutter speed. This is a "first effort" but I'm pretty happy with it!
I thought the humming birds had left but only the male has migrated. The female and the juvenal are still hanging around. I looked up info on this. The male leaves and the female and young build up fat for their flight and there is not competition. I notice the two of them where not battling like the male and female. I believe this is the female she has more color and the juvenal is very plain
Los Angeles County Arboretum:
Allen's Hummingbird......
The Mexican Sage is in bloom again and the hummingbirds are happy (and so are we).
These Anna's Hummingbirds stay with us all winter. It has been cold here at -6 to -8 Celsius and we just had 20 plus inches of snow. These little birds rely on us to feed them when it is cold and snowy or they won't survive. High key photo. The background in all snow.
Merry Christmas to all my Flickr friends.
I fixed some of the problems that were noted in the original of this photo. The original had lots of Jpg artifacts caused by (i think) the software I used at the time, and the fact that I was saving everything as low quality so I could upload over my slow dial up (also been fixed).
This one was done using 1500watt work lights that I purchased today to try out as cheapo studio lights. I think they do ok for 70 bucks. Plus they also make great work lights in the shop. :)
earlier version here --- www.flickr.com/photos/eddy/37490460/in/set-597829/
A wonderful display of stuffed Humming Birds, of which this is only a part (avoiding reflections and getting some details) sits in a glass case in the Natural History Museum. The Victorians had a huge thing about Taxidermy, and bones - evolution was a new idea that was either good or evil according to ones ideas, but they loved to display anything to do with new or intriguing species, ancient or modern. The museum opened in 1881.
I got up at 4:30 this morning and drove miles to one of those rectangular states to try to sell some photos. All in all, a very mediocre day. Hardly worth the drive. Part of the problem was that someone bought a couple of my shots that were more "conversation pieces" that drew in the buyers.
Anyway, on the way home, I decided that a shot of a Hummingbird looking into the lens of the camera might be a good draw. I figured the best way to do it was to tape a little mirror onto the front of the camera and it would come to see his own reflection. Great plan. I stopped on the way home at a Dollar Store to get a cheap mirror (does anyone need the quality make-up that came with it? It's is sort of brownish-bluish-green.)
I got home, set up the camera, taped the mirror to the front, and, well, nothing. Crud! Light was leaving fast. What to do? What to do? I put the lens cover back on the lens and taped a couple of yellow flower petals to it. Then, I covered up the opening on the feeder. I figured that the bird MIGHT come to the yellow on the lens cap. The problem was that I could probably only fool him once, so I was going to have to make the shot count. As most of the hummer shots are blurred or some other problem, I was counting on slim odds.
I got exactly THREE shots off when he fell for my diabolical plan (the other two totally sucked).
So, now you know how I did it (notice that the lens cap is on the camera). Please feel free to add glowing notes of praise below.
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Every first week in September, the hummers arrive en masse. So far this year, there doesn't seem to be as many as usual, but we still have enough to warrant 3 feeders (so far). By this, I mean that you have to fill 3 feeders on a daily basis to keep them from going dry.
Some years, we've had to put out 6 or more feeders to keep the little suckers happy.
Magnificent valley around Muong Hum, in my next tour in May 2017 it will be time for plowing and rice planting
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