Hummer

Gallery: AvianPosted July 14, 2013158 views9 comments

One from this morning in my backyard.
Female Black Chinned hummingbird, feeding on a Red Yucca plant. This is a common plant in the high dessert and one that the hummingbirds like to feed on. Decided to set up for a vertical composition. I certainly shoot a lot more of these in a horizontal format, but liked the overall flow as a vertical.

Canon 5D Mark III
100-400 @ 400mm
ISO 320
1/200 @ f/16

4-430 EXII Flashes on manual power @ 1/16

Larger version provided - Really need to see the larger version so see the details in the hummer and the eye.

Small crop from the top and bottom, cloned out one extra catchlight.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 14, 2013 at 1:59 PM

Absolutely beautiful, the red yucca really adds an elegant touch.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on July 14, 2013 at 5:55 PM

Wonderful comp, bg, flower, and a nice flight pose make for a very pleasant image. Your larger version shows wonderful details in the flower, as well as the hummer. Excellent! Sharon

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 14, 2013 at 10:53 PM

This one came out great and I like your choice of the vertical composition-it works well with the opposing angles of the bird and plant. I like the contrasting colors of the background and plant and the fine detail in the bird.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 14, 2013 at 11:53 PM

With that angle of the flower raceme,I think you chose the right format, Keith. Beautiful image.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 15, 2013 at 12:24 AM

The BG sets off both the hummer and the flower very well. Great detail. The larger image does show detail very well. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 15, 2013 at 2:06 AM

Keith,
Marvelous capture here, I wish I had something like this in my garden

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on July 15, 2013 at 10:48 AM

Well chosen composition ! Excellent shot again - no nits from this side of the ocean ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on July 15, 2013 at 1:07 PM

Everything is amazing on this image, Keith.
Sharpness, color, bg, composition. This is a wonderful image!

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on July 15, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Keith, this is a very pleasing shot, the repetition of the opposing diagonals adds a real strength to this image - the relationship of the hummer's body to its wings, the plant's blossoms to the stem, the relationship of the bird to the plant and even the subtle diagonals in the texture of the BG all work together to form a very pleasing pattern. On top of that the colors are gorgeous -excellent shot.

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