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The Mexican petunia, a decorative and introduced plant in the USA, attracts the hummingbirds that visit my yard.
La petunia mexicana, una planta decorativa en EEUU e introducida, atrae los colibries que visitan mi patio.
With the weather of nothing but clear skies, a rode trip from Mt. Rainer to Oregon was looking like the best option to photography some waterfalls. While waiting for the sun to rise the next day, a search of the local weather revealed heavy wave action in the Olympic Coast line. After getting some shots of a waterfall, it was back in the SUV and head back North. Ruby Beach was the best location to go. While arriving early, some zzzz's was in order of my guide guru, Ryan Dyer while I explored the coast. As the sun started to set, there was no other way to get to this location, but to walk through knee high water. We set up for this evening shot. As my luck would have it, the wave action was starting to recede. We started shooting for the waves. What we didn't realize is there was a storm quickly coming for us. As it started to rain, I pulled my travel umbrella out. The next thing was the rain changed to hail. With a 15 minute walk back to shelter, there was no option, but wait it out. So there we were a couple of dudes, huddled under a umbrella watching the sunset. I'm sure for who ever was watching, it had to be hysterical. Luckily the rain left as quick as it arrived. After being soak already, the return walk through the water didn't seem as a big issue this time. After some clothes drying, the event started to become funny ourselves.
This photo was composed of 2 images. 1 for the water and the other for the sky. I didn’t realize it at the time of the capture of the warm and cool tones of the sky until I uploaded them. What I did notice though was the hour cloning to eliminate the water spots.
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the sun was kind enough to come out on the granite headwall above Ruby Lake as I was shooting these images for the pano.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Mina Lobata Vine (Firecracker Vine). Green Spring Gardens Park
The less-visited end, that is.
Nice and quiet down here, just make sure you get back around that headland before the tide comes back in.
(last look at the beach, we moved to the mountains the next day)
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Summer 2015: "Up was Down"
July 4th: Forks does the fourth, Ruby Beach.
Although the coast north of here had entirely cleared by this time of evening, after my drive from Forks I was met with nearly total fog at Ruby Beach. The sun was just breaking through enough to make something I found visually appealling...not to mention allowing me to leave the filters in the bag for quite a while. Hope you like this moody little number.
Cheers!
Bob G.
May 4, 2022
A ruby throated hummingbird has returned to our backyard this spring. Hopefully more will come soon.
(Archilochus colubris)
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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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.
Photographed in a private garden in Memphis, Tennessee.
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One of my favorite flowers. "Ruby Wedding" is cultivar of Great Masterwort. It's Lovely and Gorgeous, you think so too?
Photographed in friend Allen's (asparks306) backyard setup in Cordova, Tennessee.
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I was walking through Koreatown in Toronto on a snowy day when I caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of my eye. She was standing on the steps of a business and she looked like a porcelain doll. In a somewhat busy location, she was standing next to a wall of plain white metal siding and I could imagine a good portrait. I turned back and introduced myself and my project. She began to fluster about her hair not being right which I countered with my opinion that it looked just fine. I showed her my contact card and suggested we try a couple of photos and if she was not happy with them, I would not use them for my project. She agreed to that. Meet Ruby.
To my surprise, she proceeded to shrug off her coat and put it down on the steps behind her, along with her cell phone and my contact card. I wanted to emphasize her eyes and I also needed to be close to maintain the simplicity of the background. (Stepping back would have introduced too many distractions.) We had to step aside a couple of times during the brief shooting as customers needed to use the stairs Ruby was standing on (I was on the sidewalk).
As I asked a couple of questions for this story, Ruby waved her hand and said she wasn’t good with the comments which I accepted. She was friendly, but pressed for time, citing that she is a hair stylist and was due to start work in the salon behind her. Suddenly her immaculate presentation all made perfect sense. I did learn that Ruby is from Korea and has been in Canada just a year. I commented that she must have had good English before she came because communicating with her was not difficult. She smiled and said she came without any English. Impressive.
What does she like most about being a hairstylist? It’s being able to use her creativity to help someone achieve an attractive look. I offered to send the photo and she typed her email address into my phone before excusing herself and grabbing her coat, saying she had to get inside and start work. She suggested I might mention the salon in my project and I said I would be glad to. It is Goa Hair Studio (www.h2goa.com/). As an afterthought, I snapped a quick photo of the storefront with my cell phone to give a sense of the location on Bloor Street West in Toronto.
Thank you Ruby. You are my 812th submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
You can view more street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
First time seeing a real humming bird...yes I said first time lol. Also, first time attempting to capture on on camera. She is adorable!
A Ruby-throated hummingbird (male) hovers in mid-air while feeding on the nectar from a vibrant blue flower. Lush green foliage surrounds the scene, creating a natural backdrop for this moment of nature!!
One of the little cuties doing contortions in the Lantana in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula),11/28/2021, The Landing’s Sparrow Field, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Mina Lobata Vine (Firecracker Vine). Green Spring Gardens Park
Having been on a whirlwind vacation with family for the last week, I rested in the backyard on this Labor Day and was rewarded with a visit from this fine male RTH.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird - got to keep those feathers in good shape for the next dogfight - Green Spring Garden Park
A shot taken at Ruby Beach near Kalaloch, WA. It was taken midday using a 9 stop ND filter and an 8 second exposure.