The guard

Gallery: AvianPosted September 12, 2013114 views4 comments

This little hummer was determined to keep all others from his feeder. Even took a long look at his reflection in the lens(my guess). At times there were 4 hummers all trying to get to the feeder. Not much I could do about the metal perch, its where the hummer preferred to land while on guard. Fun to watch and photograph.

Canon SL1
1/1600 @ F-5.6 ISO 400
Canon EF-70-300 IS USM @300mm plus 1.4 extender
monopod.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 12, 2013 at 8:57 PM

Good detail, with the perch providing strong leading lines. Well blurred and pleasing BG. The shadows could use a little brightening.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on September 12, 2013 at 9:08 PM

Good detail in the hummer, menacing pose

. Background is nice. Not wild about the perch as you noted. The composition is very centered. I'd be interested in seeing it with less on the left.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on September 12, 2013 at 10:04 PM

Nice sharp shot John, like the shadow of the beak on the rod iron railing. If anything perhaps a closer crop off center from the left might have changed the shapes of the image.

Registered on July 29, 2013, 112 Posts, 229 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 13, 2013 at 9:11 AM

Nice shot - I appreciate the difficult comp: the bird makes me wanna wish it was more to the left, but the perch is nicely arching through the image (okay, it's thick and iron, but still I like the way it is situated in the image). Maybe lighten up the shadows a little. Pleasant shot in any case ! Cheers, Hans

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