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Unusual to see an adult male ruby-throat in Winnipeg this late in August, They are usually long gone and back in Costa Rica foot-loose and fancy-free flirting with the female ruby throats.
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
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.
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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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 parecÃa molesta cuando este macho llegó a posarse al lado de ella.
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-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.
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...
Thanks for Front page Explore kind people ;)
I went through a lot of work to get this shot. The trail I walked was longer and hillier than I thought it would be. I got my days workout on this one. Not a lot to see but I was a happy to see this little Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
* I wonder if this might be a Hutton's Vireo?
A couple of shots of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet flitting about in the bushes on Matsqui Trail, Abbotsford, B.C.
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.
Note: This street portrait was taken as part of The Human Family project on Flickr. You can view more project street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
Ruby Beach
Olympic National Park, WA.
Who wouldn't want to view this on Black!
OMG! Explore #6, I think thats the highest I've ever gone!
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My wife and I took our annual Memorial Day weekend trip to the Olympics. Olympic National Park is one of my favorite spots on the planet, and I jump at any chance to revisit the area. I hope to get into the high country this summer.
The trip was also special since it marked the first time we took our six month old son Landon camping. He did awesome! It appears he takes after his dad and sleeps like a baby (literally) in the outdoors! I'm looking forward to scores of nights in a tent with him somewhere deep in the woods.
Oh yeah... this shot shows sundown at Ruby beach. As always, I was hoping for a dramatic sky display, but you get what you get. I warmed up the white balance I bit to bring out more of the yellow/ reds.
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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Photo of a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). The flowers in the background are red and pink Geraniums (Geranium Caliente).
The photo was taken using manual focus. To capture detail in the wings, two remote Speedlite flash units were used with flash mode set to Manual and flash power set to 1/32.
To answer a question on how this was accomplished using what appears to be a slow shutter speed of 1/180 second, it is an example of the use of High-Speed Photography, using flash on low power, as well as the Max Sync Speed for your camera (1/180 for the Canon 6D). It's a very complex topic.
male ruby. they can fly at about 30 mph, they weigh less than a nickel (topping out at 3 grams while nickel weighs 5 grams) and their wings beat 60-80 times per second. a little marvel of nature.