Ruby Throat Hummingbird

by ramiot

Probably my best photo of the Hummingbird in flight.
Uploaded29/10/2016 - 19:25
CategoryWildlife / Nature
Shutter Speed1/180
Aperturef/4.5
LensN/A
ISO100
Focal Length210mm
Unique Views / Likes38/5
TagsN/A

Posted 29/10/2016 - 19:31 Link
What a beautiful capture, well done!
Kind regards, Yvonne
GIULIO57
Posted 29/10/2016 - 19:40 Link
Perfect
K10D
Posted 29/10/2016 - 20:53 Link
Well captured and photographed.

Best regards
Too far from a shore.
stosser01
Posted 29/10/2016 - 21:21 Link
that is a most enchanting capture
Fishbones
Posted 29/10/2016 - 22:51 Link
Perfectly captured with enough blur in the wings suggesting the speed that they are moving and the overall position of the bird in the final frame is perfect.

Thank you for sharing
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Moonraker
Posted 29/10/2016 - 22:57 Link
Gorgeous image. Perfectly captured. Sally
PeterKR
Posted 29/10/2016 - 22:57 Link
Fishbones wrote:
Perfectly captured with enough blur in the wings suggesting the speed that they are moving and the overall position of the bird in the final frame is perfect.

Thank you for sharing
+1

Best regards
Peter
autumnlight
Posted 29/10/2016 - 23:14 Link
Beautiful shot, well done!
davidstorm
Posted 29/10/2016 - 23:22 Link
A superb image, congratulations.

Regards
David
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davidwozhere
Posted 30/10/2016 - 00:06 Link
Magnificent
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michaelblue
Posted 30/10/2016 - 07:49 Link
Very well done!
I'd be interested to know what lens you used for this.
Regards,
Michael
RobL
Posted 30/10/2016 - 08:05 Link
Fabulous against the neutral background. Wish they would come to my garden!
tommyt
Posted 30/10/2016 - 15:48 Link
Brilliant capture..
nocturnal
Posted 31/10/2016 - 20:12 Link
Uber fantastic all around, this is a difficult one to beat in the humingbird world
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ramiot
Posted 01/11/2016 - 00:07 Link
michaelblue wrote:
Very well done!
I'd be interested to know what lens you used for this.
Thank to all of you for your comments, Michael, this photo was taken with the Sigma 50-500mm known as BigMa at 210mm . It dates a few years : March 2009.

Thanks again
Robert Amiot
Edited by ramiot: 01/11/2016 - 00:09
pauljay
Posted 03/11/2016 - 07:40 Link
Quite amazing!
Paul.

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