Noordse witsnuitlibel (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) - Bargerveen

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Lily of the Nile plant - Green Spring Gardens

Ruby-crowned Kinglet were found in several areas of the park this morning. All were singing quite joyously.

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"Ruby Blues"

This was my first official attempt in seascape photography, and I was extremely excited, especially, after seeing many gorgeous seascape photography works from other photographers that showed up in my Facebook news feed every now and then.

With the eagerness to bring home some good shots, I did a lot of homework before the trip, such as the learning about the weather, tide condition and shooting locations. After hours of research, I finally decided to go on this trip during the Valentines weekend, and it the turns out that the sunsets during the two days was very rewarding.

This shot was taken at Ruby Beach soon after sunset which gives the scene a very dynamic range of colors; the orange glow left from the sunset and the soft reflection of twilight blue. As I was walking along the beach to find an interesting composition that would allow me to capture the liveliness of the beach, I found this rock that perfectly conveyed the action of the scene - a rock going against the current from the rising tide. The tidal waves was strong, and it kept pushing and pulling my tripod as they come and go, but each wave formed a curvy line around the rock that had my attention as soon as I saw it.

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Backyard Nature

Ruby Throated Hummingbird looking for food sources. Photo taken at Morgan Arboretum, Montreal.

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First year male Ruby Throated Hummingbird - feeding on a Bromeliad

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird taken from my flower garden. I have seen a few males but none have cooperated yet. Maybe I will get a male before the summers over. ( explore # 81 ) my thanks to everyone

Just a reminder, spring is only 54 days away!

This was my second visit to this beach this week during my workshop with Kurt Budliger. Everything seemed less “forced” tonight. The gloomy weather seemed to have scared away a lot of the photographers that were plaguing this beach a few nights earlier.

This workshop had some of the greatest people I have met in my photography travels to date. Great bunch, great humour, GREAT photographers and lots of laughs. I also learn so much of the “intangible” on these workshops. It is mind blowing to see a great instructor create art before your eyes, and show you just how close you are… (yet so far!) It really is the little adjustments that seem to make the biggest difference… And I was starting to grasp this concept better on this night.

The end result is a blend of three images. One for the sky, one for mostly everything else and the final image was consisted mostly of the centre rock next to the sun which had a wonderful glow wrapping around it.

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.

First year male Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Bromeliad plant - Green Spring Gardens

juvenile male

this ruby-crowned kinglet brought it's unique song to the woodlands near the ponds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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Ruby the Owl was very popular at Little Ray's Reptile Show.

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Wikipedia: The ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula) is a very small passerine bird found throughout North America. Their breeding habitat is coniferous forests across Canada, Alaska, northern New England and the western United States.

These birds migrate to the southern United States and Mexico. Some birds are permanent residents in the west.

Conservation status: Least Concern

Lappa Valley 15 inch gauge 0-4-2T Ruby on the turntable at Benny station, 30th March 2016.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula).

Local park Mississauga, ON

Backyard Nature

Ruby crowned kinglet Maryland

Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Green Spring Gardens

The Scarlet Percher is one of two common red dragonflies in the Brisbane area; the other being the Wandering Percher. they are more than happy to alight on a warm rock or the ground, although this male chose a leaf near a lagoon in Karawatha Forest.

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[Fall & Spring] Seen in migration at Lake St. Clair.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird in very challenging light on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia

We travelled nearly 400 miles through the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains - unfortunately most of the drive was through cloud and fog

This photograph is very impressive considering that it was taken in heavily overcast backlit conditions, handholding a telephoto lens at 1/200 trying to capture a very active subject

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Ruby Throated Hummingbird on a Salvia plant

Immature male I believe.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird / Turk's Cap Flower

Visiting Cypress Mountain I saw both Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby Kinglets. I was not able to get good photos of the Golden-crowned Kinglets but this Ruby-Crowned Kinglet was quite cooperative.

The female did not seem bothered by this male coming to perch next to her.

La hembra no parecía molesta cuando este macho llegó a posarse al lado de ella.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Glenhurst Meadows, Warren Green Acres, Warren, New Jersey

I also saw a couple of Golden-crowns, but you know how it is with kinglets (i.e. how seeing them and getting a pic are 2 different things)!

And yet another example of how birds often match the colors of their surroundings.

Note:

840 mm on the 7D format (APS-C) sensor is equivalent to 1400 mm on a full frame body, so a good tripod, a relatively small aperture with a reasonable shutter speed and ISO are essential to getting pics where you can see their feather barbules, beak whiskers, and the glint in their eye. Those of you who have even longer fixed lens cameras will need to be even more careful with your settings, so be sure to use a tripod (or lean your camera against something sturdy) when cranking up the zoom.

Click on the following link to see an alternate stabilization method when other types of bracing aren't available. Or here for an even lower POV stabilization technique.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Cardinal Flower - Green Spring Gardens

A couple of shots of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet flitting about in the bushes on Matsqui Trail, Abbotsford, B.C.

Morning Bath

Two massive rocks, captured during the blue hour at Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park.

Ruby-throated hummingbird found her target in the center of a Black-eyed Susan.