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Here's a better look at this little one, showing the ruby crown. Photographed in the backyard setup in Memphis, Tennessee.
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The Dyke, a colorful ridge, is the southern terminus of the Ruby Range in western Colorado. A fortuitous mixture of clones of quaking aspen complements the attractive cliffs.
Photographed in the backyard setup in Memphis, Tennessee.
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ruby: mom, thanks for deciding to sew me a new dress so i don't have to gets the rejects always.
me: you're welcome, but i'm not making any promises...
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
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 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.
This was a surprise in amongst a flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets was this Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Too bad it did not sport a little bit of it's ruby color.
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.
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
From the spring - I followed this bird for almost an hour, hoping to get a glimpse while on the trails. Finally he poked his head out, and gave me a ruby flare in the bargain.
There's no place like New York,
There's no place like New York -
Hope Everyone Had a Great Halloween!
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
A fairly cooperative kinglet. He never held still longer than about three seconds, but at least he stayed in the area. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
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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.
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
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 Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Porterweed plant (Stachytarpheta mutabilis). Green spring Gardens
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) / Birds of the Tidal Meadow
Secret-sized and quick as a wink, he flits through fir and maple, ember of life smoldering in green and gold. Olive backed, washed with softest dawn; a pale ring about the eye like moon shadow. Within his crown a ruby hidden, flaring only when the heart insists - when desire, or fury, lifts him. Watch him at meadow's edge, where wind-tossed willow meets spruce; a frantic, bright-souled atom, gleaning the ether for tiny economies: aphid, moth, web-spun bite of spider. The kinglet hovers, hangs, and darts, wings a whisper, then vanishes, leaving the world a little more noticed. Listen: his song is a bright micro machinery, strings of notes like beads from some interior rosary, sooner felt than pondered, insistently curious. O tiny citizen of the branch! you teach us how to be vigilant and sing, despite our size - you teach us how to keep a burning crown unseen, until needed.
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 ~ !
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.
Bellbrook, Ohio
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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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