Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted August 13, 2012169 views3 comments

There was a little stand of flowers near our tent as we camped in Rocky Mtn National Park last week and everyday we would see this hummingbird come to the flowers. Our grandchildren really like watching it.

Canon 40D
Tokina 80-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/500
Aperture f9
ISO 400
400mm
Cropped to vertical

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3 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 13, 2012 at 7:54 PM

I like the soft BG and this group of wildflowers, it's a pleasant comp Richard.
The lights direction was not in your favor, but overall a nice job of getting this one.
Sounds like a great place to camp, you must've hand a memorable time of it

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 13, 2012 at 9:03 PM

The flowers could carry this without the hummingbird. Lovely light, just wrong for the hummer.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 13, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Nice image, but I do wish the flowers were a bit darker. Still pleasant to look at . Thanks for sharing.

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