Backyard Battle

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 2012358 views20 comments

After going out Monday and capturing a handheld grab shot of the previously posted hummer, I thought I would set up in the backyard with my tripod. This time I got to watch the behaviors of the hummers going to and from our feeders. I noticed some bees in the bush where the Allen's (same one I think) was perching frequently. I got lucky and captured this image. A 50% crop and not as sharp as my last posting but I thought the action was fun.

7D with 500mm and tripod
1/1600 at f / 6.3
ISO 250
Manual
Pattern Metering

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 5, 2012 at 8:59 AM

Harry. I like it! Maybe not as sharp as your last post, but the behavior is great. These kinds of shots are petty rare and you've done a fine job capturing it.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on April 5, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Great bird personality capture.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on April 5, 2012 at 10:01 AM

Great action shot. The comp and colors are very good. I would love to have this in my files.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2012 at 10:02 AM

Lots of fun, Skip. Looks like the hummer was a bit surprised.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 5, 2012 at 11:36 AM

Harry, this is beautiful. With those colors and the beauty of the perch and the bird and then with the bee added it doesn't even look real (and I mean that in a very good way).

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Comment posted by Neal Cooper on April 5, 2012 at 11:42 AM

Great image Harry. I like the interaction you captured. Nice composition. The open bill is a bonus.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 5, 2012 at 3:04 PM

Excellent timing to get this, I like the hummer pose and the iridescent red gorget color combined with the green on the head. A little on the bright side but still a very nice image. Nice job in getting this, way to go.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 5, 2012 at 5:39 PM

Smoking photo Harry

Great inter-action between the two and perfect timing on your side of the camera.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Geoff Powell on April 5, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Great shot. Love the bee in there.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 5, 2012 at 8:13 PM

Very nice inter action of the hummer and the bee -- I like the litup gorget and the open beak in anticipation of the next action. Sharp and colorful

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 5, 2012 at 8:44 PM

Very cool moment captured. I like how the neck feathers are ruffled

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 5, 2012 at 9:05 PM

Sweet shot Harry, super interaction. The bird looks plenty sharp to me. Maybe you would have needed a bit more dof for the bee. Very cool!

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on April 5, 2012 at 9:15 PM

The interaction here is great! Love that expression on the hummer!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 5, 2012 at 11:22 PM

Great catch! Looks as if the hummer is scolding the bee.
Seems a bit bright to me... maybe just this monitor.
Excellent!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 7, 2012 at 11:55 AM

what a cool shot, Skip! this is great action--love the flared gorget, open bill, raised wing and of course the bee that is provoking it. it's a great perch and comp too. this one looks a little on the bright side.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on April 7, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Awesome! Good thing you chose to set up the tripod

! I don't think the detail is too bad, but I guess it can never hurt to have more

. Great that you got all the action frozen.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on April 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM

Hey Skip,
Very cool image. If you look closely at the beak close to the mouth it almost looks like the hummer is just finishing chomping down another bee. Looks like part of a wing is sticking out. Very cool. Love that you got both the bee and the hummer sharp with good detail. Looks a little bit bright on my work monitor (never calibrated). To me this is a really rare type of capture. Don't see this everyday, do ya? Very, very nice. Hope to shoot again with you real soon.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 10, 2012 at 2:34 AM

Love it Skip - great perch and the look on the bird's face says it all

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 11, 2012 at 7:54 AM

Sweet shot Skip. Love this.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 31, 2012 at 7:43 AM

Very cool image Harry! I've tried this before when bees were near, but no luck..
Wonderful behavioral shot, well done!

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