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Osprey at John Chesnut Senior Park, Palm Harbor, FL

 

On a technical note, I did crop off the left end of the wing during photo editing because otherwise it made the osprey's face smaller and harder to see. I generally don't do that but, for this image, I felt it provided a better image.

 

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On our Dahlia. My scary Halloween photo.

Young Male Anna's Humming Bird.

One from two years ago and a trip to the National Trust managed Rievaulx Terrace.

 

These hover flies make a great subject as they are often statuary for long enough and the narrow depth of field allows for backgrounds to be blurred.

The Archives Revisited.

 

November 2008.

 

A day trip to Brandon Marsh in Northamptonshire. Not many photo opportunities. But i had forgotten that i had this sequence of Kingfisher hovering images.

 

A sequence of 4 images.

  

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A male Pileated Woodpecker in mid jump....

Cheilosia illustrata, sometimes called a bumble bee mimic although not a very good one!

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (male), hovering by a food source.

 

Bucks County, PA, USA

This hover fly was enjoying the water along this grass stalk. I was the photographic stalker in the garden.

An osprey (pandion haliaetus) hovering high above the Fraser River, in British Columbia, Canada. I was fishing for sturgeon, from a boat, when I saw this bird and it remained above us for some time.

Female ruby-throated hummingbird in the lobelia patch

A Forster’s Tern gives an air hug above the beach.

I had several chances to photograph the pied kingfisher while it was hovering but I wasn't satisfied with any of them. Either the light was bad, the bird was simply too far away, distracting background, it was always something.

 

Our last day this guy finally cooperated a bit. Thank you!

 

Nairobi, Kenya

Finally! Managed to catch a hover fly doing what hover flies do!

 

At the botanical gardens yesterday with the focus crew.

Album Challenge

 

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This Common Green darner was hovering over the smaller pond at Newhall Community Park, Concord, California. The pond was clogged with algae, making for an unpleasant appearance to the eye, but for some nice bokeh effects in the photo.

A rainy day is the perfect chance to practice some different processing techniques.

Hover fly over alliums, Georgeson Botanical Gardens, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Even at 1/5000 shutter speed wings of the hovering hummingbird can/ will get blurry :-) @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

When I didn't find any puffins on the Island of Skomer, I started looking for other wildlife to photograph. This seagull was using the strong wind to hover in a near stationary position just near a cliff. Unfortunately, the wind was so strong that it made it almost impossible to keep my long lens pointed in is direction.

A Black Skimmer hovers momentarily to better position itself for landing.

Hovering Kestrel. Seen at Spurn Point. (2665)

belted kingfisher, female in hover mde

This white tailed kite had some poor little critter in his sights, and right after I took this shot, he plummeted straight down into the marsh grass to grab a quick meal.

American Kestrel, Northern Utah

Great Tit

Parus major

 

This is the largest UK tit with a distinctive two-syllable song. It has a green and yellow body and a striking glossy black head with white cheeks. It's a woodland bird that has readily adapted to man-made habitats to become a familiar garden visitor. It can be quite aggressive at a bird table, fighting off smaller tits. In winter, it joins with Blue Tits and others to form roaming flocks which scour gardens and countryside for food.

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Could not believe our eyes, how close it came.

Hovering right in front of us

Ruby Throated Hummingbird ♀️

textures thanks to PaintedWorks and Skeletalmess

 

The slightly warmer weather has these guys out.

The agastache plants in my backyard are a magnet for hummingbirds. This one is in a prominent spot, and I can photograph the birds without obstructions. I'll have to plant more next year. I cranked up the shutter speed in this afternoon's bright sunlight.

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