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This little bird cocked his head perfectly to expose his crest. It takes some time and a lot of wasted frames to catch one of these birds with its crest exposed. We now have three locations that hold kinglets. That helps. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles (43 km) south of the town of Forks.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have many skeletal and flight muscle adaptations which allow the bird great agility in flight. Muscles make up 25-30% of their body weight, and they have long, bladelike wings that, unlike the wings of other birds, connect to the body only from the shoulder joint. This adaptation allows the wing to rotate almost 180°, enabling the bird to fly not only forward but also straight up and down, sideways, and backwards, and to hover in front of flowers as it feeds on nectar and insects.
During hovering, ruby-throated hummingbird wings beat 55x/sec, 61x/sec when moving backwards, and at least 75x/sec when moving forward.
Explore #449
Here's a better look at this little one, showing the ruby crown. Photographed in the backyard setup in Memphis, Tennessee.
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
Photographed in the backyard setup in Memphis, Tennessee.
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
Big trip for me to Texas and it was this tiny little Itsy Bitsy Kinglet that really grabbed my Heart ;)
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Four or five kinglets were busy gleaning small insects from a couple of cedar trees. But, they were back in the branches, could never catch one in sunlight. Still fun to see. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Male)
On his way up to Canada and the Arctic for the summer. He is making a stop in Wisconsin to fill up on bugs. One of the tiny birds.
Wehr Nature Center, Franklin, Wisconsin
April 2018
Ah Ruby Beach- one of my favorite places on the WA coast. When the tide is out you can walk for miles either direction. Huge sea stacks dominate the beach. (Olympic National Park- WA)
Regency period ruby red wine glass. (Circa 1820-?)
Not the more common paler cranberry. The red colour is produced by the addition of cadmium sulphiide and selenium to the molten glass. It is occasionally called "selenium ruby"
With unpolished snapped pontil and knopped stem an air bubble and some uneven thickness.
Bokeh bubbles from the vintage M42 55mm f2.2 Fuji lens.
There's no place like New York,
There's no place like New York -
Hope Everyone Had a Great Halloween!
I recently travelled to Olympic National Park to attend a photo workshop with Kurt Budliger. Not only was this area spectacular, but I also learned a ton and walked away with some pretty cool shots. Kurt is a composition beast. I have a long way to go, but having the opportunity to watch someone like that create was really REALLY helpful.
This was a night were there were some pretty wild clouds a little earlier in the sunset, but sadly, I did not have a composition that worked (I panicked lol)… As a result, I ended up processing a shot that had a feel I really liked, but lacked the light/cloud combination that had already passed. Since the light was a bit flat I processed this shot as a black and white. I’ve never actually done that as a result of undesirable light before, but I have to say I was really thrilled to turn something a little bland into something like this.
This is a blend of 3 images. One for the sky, and 2 for the water movement blended together to form the nicest leading lines.
Ruby, Tha Rubester, Rubicus! She was a very special boxer dog that
belonged to my good friend, Corey, who lives in Austin. I drew this while
visiting this past January and sitting on the back deck...observing Ruby
watch for stray butterflies, as it was nearly springlike weather already,
she absolutely loved to jump and bite after them as they flew by...it was
a great game for her! A week after I had returned home, Corey called
and told me that Ruby had passed away in her sleep...she lived an
awesomely happy life and was loved immensely!
Ruby lives for her dancing, it's her favourite thing in life. She practices constantly and dreams of being a ballet dancer in Swan Lake some day.
It took her years to save up for this beautiful dress, but when she puts it on she feels like a real swan <3
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Custom Blythe by Almond Doll wearing a dress from Grizzle
Photographed at Snoqualmie Wildlife Area, Cherry Creek Unit. There were at least half dozen of these birds that were very cooperative. Several of them wanted to show me their ruby crowns, which of course I was very willing to look at and photograph.
Returning from my trip to the Skagit Valley I decided to bypass the Everett and Bellevue area traffic and take the back route to I-90 at North Bend. There are a number of public areas around Duvall and Carnation. I decided to stop at the Snoqualmie Wildlife Area, Cherry Creek Unit, and was not disappointed. There is a nice variety of birds on the property.
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Female Ruby-throated hummingbird making her final approach to the Salvia flower. I like how her wings are in the "flaps-up" position to stop her forward motion. It was great fun, and a great challenge, photographing these birds in their natural habitat.
Happy 4th of July ~ !
The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) are small hummingbirds that breed in southern Canada (central Alberta east to Nova Scotia) south to central and eastern USA (North Dakota east to Maine, and south to southern Texas. Vagrants travel as far west as California. This species occupies the largest breeding range of any North American hummingbird.) are small hummingbirds that breed in southern Canada (central Alberta east to Nova Scotia) south to central and eastern USA (North Dakota east to Maine, and south to southern Texas. Vagrants travel as far west as California. This species occupies the largest breeding range of any North American hummingbird.
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Testing out a Nikon D500 over the weekend. This shot utilizes the Tamron 150-600mm lens and a pair of Yongnou YN560iv Wireless Speedlites powered down to 1/64 power.
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This juvenile male Ruby throated hummingbird is starting to get some of his red throat feathers. The birds are becoming used to me sitting quite close to the feeder and are a treat to watch. We have about four that have been chasing each other away, as they aren’t great at sharing. They have tried to chase the goldfinches off, but have not been successful.
This one was sitting on our fence. Ruby tigers like warm and dry summers. This year they should be happy.