Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on the nectar of Cardinal Flower

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Photographed in a private garden in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Juvenile Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Green Spring Gardens Park

Seen for sale in a local rock shop. Rubies are the dark red crystals in the softer green matrix of fuchsite, a chromium (Cr)-rich variety of the mineral muscovite, belonging to the mica group of phyllosilicate minerals. Chromium gives the ruby its deep red color. This sphere is about 8 inches in diameter.

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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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A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers in flight, its brilliant red throat and iridescent green plumage standing out against a softly blurred green-and-gold background.

It's my parents Ruby Wedding Anniversary next weekend. Here is the card I have made for them. They're still going strong after 40 years, something worth aspiring to I think ;-)

I know the idea is not new but I really like the effect and hope they will too.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

St. Louis County, MN

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Ruby Throated Hummingbird. Rosetta McClain Gardens, Toronto, Ontario.

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.

I have had a cute little Ruby Crowned Kinglet visiting one of my suet feeders all winter. I have taken many photos of him hoping he would flash his crown of red feathers but have only managed one shot where he did so. I haven't seen him this week and wonder if he has started migrating back to wherever he came from. Hopefully he will be back next year and will be a little less shy in showing his red crown.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Murray Kentucky

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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

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First year male Ruby-throated Hummingbird on a Coral Bean Plant

Shaking off after a dip in a puddle. Looks a little bit cranky to me.

Ruby crowned kinglet Maryland

Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Green Spring Gardens

Ruby Throated Hummingbird on a Salvia plant

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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Photographed in a private garden in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Ruby is my daughters 6 year old miniature poodle and she is returning for her fourth year in the group. Ruby lives with me Monday to Friday and then goes off to the country with my daughter for the weekends.

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

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) - 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.

Here is Pearl reflected in Ruby.

Ruby is a gorgeous Red Camper van all decked out with sweet retro accessories.

The reflection is a cream sweetie, called Pearl - I was very excited to see that www.snailtrail.co.uk have a van named the same as one of my little poppets...

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Just a reminder, spring is only 54 days away!

I waited 13 weeks for her, she was worth it. What a sweetie.

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

My Garden

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Ruby-throated hummingbird, resting on a branch, in my backyard. Note the orange neck feathers.

This is a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on one of his favorite flowers on my patio - a variety of Lantana called "Red Spread." They seem to prefer any of the varieties that have red flowers, but feed from the yellow blossoms in the center. The wings are a bit blurred - I think he must have moved. I took this at 1/800th of a second, so that gives you some idea how fast the wings move.

Taken in New Jersey, USA

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I spotted this Ruby-crowned Kinglet hunting through this bush which was suddenly invaded by several Bushtits. The Kinglet was not impressed!

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Parkland County, Alberta

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Ruby-tailed wasp inspecting a Mining bee nest, where it may lay eggs for its larvae to feed on the larvae of the bee.

Miss Ruby Alabaster , rockabilly fashionista with the 56 Lincoln Premier 2 door Hardtop .

A shot from this series .

Rockabilly Revival

Brisbane