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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ontario, Canada
ray@raymondbarlow.com
Nikon D850 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2500s f/6.3 at 400.0mm iso2000
Not the best shot or edit but the best I could do. Tried desperately to erase that naked branch, to no avail. This beauty has been coming to the over 25 Florida native Coral Bean blossoms in the front yard, which are behind a Dwarf Powder Puff potted plant of almost the same color, and under the spring blossoms of the Weeping Bottlebrush tree of almost the same color. A veritable Hummingbird haven! Hope I have a couple more shots that are better or better to edit.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird female in God's garden.
Always fun little birds to run across. I've been lucky recently in catching their crest. I also have lots of empty frames where a kinglet just was. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
I'm delighted that Dorset Wildlife Trust are using my portrait of Ruby the Robin to lead their 2017 membership campaign: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/
and the 'Thank you!' poster here: pbs.twimg.com/media/C1XLcuFXgAEa85s.jpg:large
Like other areas Mill Lake Park also had an outfall of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and to a lesser degree Yellow-rumped Warblers.
I couldn't resist posting another photo of this little bird. It was such a challenge to get the shot!
Member of the Flickr Bird Brigade
Activists for birds and wildlife
Explored - thanks *Val* for letting me know!
One of my favorites from a wicked successful trip of many favorites- more here: nateparkerphotography.com/blog/2012/11/a-week-in-the-paci.... This is one of many stacks at Ruby Beach on the coast of Washington where within a couple hours there are an abundance of incredible and sometimes totally out of this world feeling scenes to photograph. Like being a kid in a model train store- I was clicking my heels with the glee!
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
The ruby-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America. Wikipedia
Photographed in the backyard setup in Memphis, Tennessee.
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
Meet Ruby with her awesome style! To match that style she is a lovely person too! Ruby and her friends work to teach inner city kids the arts. Kids that would not normally get the opportunity to explore their artistic talent, she encourages an draws out their gifts. She also cuts hair, does makeup and photography.. there are no limits to his ladies talent! More about Ruby here
Thank you Ruby for taking the time to talk to me and for being a part of my 100 Strangers Project. You can find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
A well located, popular bench at Olympic National Park's Ruby Beach.
Was a drizzly grey day, so went with a monotone presentation.
Color version in comments.
Thanks for taking a look!
Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Porterweed plant (Stachytarpheta mutabilis). Green spring Gardens
Little Ruby, my dog who keeps me company when out and about with my camera, in the woodland and countryside
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.
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.
A Ruby-tailed Wasp getting everso slightly distracted by a trail of honey. There have been plenty of these little beauties about this year, well I guess I have been actively looking for them. They really are my favourite UK Wasp at the moment, but then there are some even more colourful Chrysis species out there, I hope someday to find some more.
I hope everyone has a great week, it certainly was a hot one today, was not the best day to be stuck at work.
There's no place like New York,
There's no place like New York -
Hope Everyone Had a Great Halloween!