Rufous Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted May 25, 2018227 views7 comments

I spent yesterday morning and part of the afternoon at Nisqually NWR. I was just standing in what seemed a likely spot when this guy flew in and posed for me for quite some time. This was probably the best pose he gave me.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, tripod with ball head and Sidekick, f/7.1, 1/200, iso 3200, aperture priority, pattern metering. Processed in LR & PS CC. He was a bit further away than I liked, but they frown on people jumping off the boardwalk into the marsh. Cropped to an 8.5 MP 4x5. Taken at 6:41 am on May 24th under cloudy skies.

Your comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for taking a look,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 25, 2018 at 10:42 PM

A very rufous Rufous, Dennis. Nice capture. Love the cobwebs.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on May 26, 2018 at 1:23 AM

Gott' love the orange Dennis. This has really nice color tones througout, bird especially, BG and perch are also very complimentary.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on May 26, 2018 at 8:24 AM

This little guy really pops out at you. The background is really nice.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on May 26, 2018 at 1:25 PM

Very nice image. I like the soft light and fully lit gorget that you only seem to get with this head angle. Perhaps just a little more DOF?

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 26, 2018 at 2:25 PM

Beautiful, the fanned tail is the eye catcher for me. The cobwebs add quite a lot as well ! Love it blush

, Best, hans

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on May 26, 2018 at 2:37 PM

Great shot, Dennis. I second the motion on Hans' comment. Love that tale fan!

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 27, 2018 at 1:16 PM

Not easy to capture a fanned tail. As often as I see hummingbirds land is rare to see this display and catch it. Very nice color, background, and perch. Unfortunately at Nisqually, there are a lot of dark areas and you do need to shoot at high iso. Had you a little more light, you would've been able to stop the action in the tail.

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