Rufous in Flight

Gallery: AvianPosted June 12, 2016152 views13 comments

I managed to catch this Rufous Hummingbird hovering near one of our feeders. I'd replaced the plastic perches they come with with a juice bottle cap with holes in it for mounting more natural perches. I'd started with bachelor buttons, since my wife has an enormous number of them but they were a little too wimpy even for hummingbirds, so they would hover above them to drink and occasionally back away. This was one of those occasions. It did require quite a bit of cloning to remove the "perch" and the edge of the feeder.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 562 mm, Wimberley Sidekick on Z1 ballhead on RRS legs, f/6.3, 1/1250, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to a 4x5 horizontal. Full height. Taken June 10th at 6:19 AM.

Comments and criticisms are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on June 12, 2016 at 11:57 PM

All your cloning work paid off very well here, Dennis. The background is really lovely and the bird is so nice and sharp. Plus the light is so sweet on the bird.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 13, 2016 at 11:54 AM

Good catch of the action. I like the position of the wings in this hummer image. Also like the BG. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on June 13, 2016 at 2:42 PM

My preference for these types of shots is for there to be a certain amount of blur in the wings but sharpness in the rest of the hummer rather than complete sharpness. This I really like.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on June 13, 2016 at 5:20 PM

Nice catch Dennis, sharp details and the cloning work looks good too. devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on June 13, 2016 at 6:01 PM

Very nice light and detail on this hummer Dennis. The oof flowers in the BG are very nice.

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Comment posted by Raoul Breaux Jr on June 13, 2016 at 8:35 PM

A very nice, clean capture of this Rufous, Dennis. Good job cleaning up the background. You're quite the accomplished hummer photographer. devil

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on June 13, 2016 at 8:51 PM

Excellent capture of this Hummingbird in flight! I love the position of the wings and I love the OOF flowers in the bg.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 13, 2016 at 9:42 PM

You nailed this one. Sharp eyes, a little wing motion, and he pops nicely from the background.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 13, 2016 at 9:43 PM

You nailed this one. Sharp eyes, a little wing motion, and he pops nicely from the background.

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on June 15, 2016 at 4:14 PM

Hi Dennis
Nice grab, Hummingbirds are hard to photograph.
Peter

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 15, 2016 at 4:24 PM

Splendid image, Dennis. Both the light and background are fabulous and you got a great up-wing pose from the hummingbird. The cloning is well done - I can't see any evidence of the feeder. devil

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM

Very nicely done Dennis, sweet lighting and an attractive background, good wing position on the hummer. devil

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 17, 2016 at 8:21 PM

Excellent work Dennis. Love the wing position.
May

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