Hummingbird Meal

Gallery: AvianPosted June 25, 2012154 views9 comments

This photo was taken in Poway, CA at a NPNer's home. His backyard is a rich source of a wide variety of birds. Taken 6/23/12.

D300 Nikkor 200-400mm lens 400mm Manual f/7.1 1/1250 ISO 500 White Balance Auto Cropped in CS6

If you can help me with the species, and the name of the flower for my file, it will be greatly appreciated.

Comments welcome

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 25, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Looks like you didn't get "skunked" after all, Patrick.

Looks pretty good from here. Everything sharp and a nice pose. This is either a young male or a female Black-chinned Hummingbird. (Those Orioles showed up on your perch about 5 minutes after you left.)

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM

Charlie,
I got several good Oriole photos on the shepherd's hook. The perch would have been better. With the variety of birds in your yard, you could never leave home.

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Comment posted by Geoff Powell on June 25, 2012 at 1:28 PM

Love this composition. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jim Sabiston on June 25, 2012 at 2:33 PM

Good shot, especially in such hard light. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 25, 2012 at 3:07 PM

Nice light and top composition. Excellent techs and you got the size contrast between the flowers and subject very well.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 25, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Great image - I really like the position of the bird and the flower.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on June 26, 2012 at 12:38 AM

Looks very good! He's got more birds coming in now, has he?

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 26, 2012 at 12:38 AM

Very nice Black-chinned Hummingbird, Patrick. Lovely feeding shot. Give my best to Charlie.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 26, 2012 at 1:02 PM

Patrick: Very nice hummer image. Nice sharpness combined with a small blur on the wings. Flower is very interesting and adds to the composition. As an avid hummingbird photographer, I like to catch them when they are not so buried in the flower. Still a very nice capture.

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