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Title: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on September 09, 2012, 09:28:26 PM
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7967379242_bc947e2b23_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsharp-photo/7967379242/)
Ruby throated hummingbird (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsharp-photo/7967379242/) by mr.sharp-photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/mrsharp-photo/), on Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/7967379370_1a9521c213_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsharp-photo/7967379370/)
Ruby-throated hummingbird (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsharp-photo/7967379370/) by mr.sharp-photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/mrsharp-photo/), on Flickr

i went for the raptor migration and, instead, fell in love for the first time this week. yes, its only Sunday.
Title: Re: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: MEGHAN on September 09, 2012, 09:38:42 PM
Quote from: "mr.sharp-photo"
i went for the raptor migration and, instead, fell in love for the first time this week. yes, its only Sunday.

God, Richard...don't tell the missus.
I love your second photo. She is perfectly perched on that big beautiful flower.

Meghan
Title: Re: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on September 09, 2012, 10:18:45 PM
Quote from: "MEGHAN"
Quote from: "mr.sharp-photo"
i went for the raptor migration and, instead, fell in love for the first time this week. yes, its only Sunday.

God, Richard...don't tell the missus.
I love your second photo. She is perfectly perched on that big beautiful flower.

Meghan

thanks.
its pretty cool. once every 20 min or so, a hummer would chase another one away and inevitably perch on that flower. i have an unsharp photo of it sideways french kissing the flower.

unfortunately, the lighting today sucked and i should have 20 amazing pictures, but only found these 2 to be salvagable.
Title: Re: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: BoboBird on September 09, 2012, 11:26:13 PM
Excellent job here, nicely done.
Title: Re: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: jackbreakfast on September 10, 2012, 07:27:13 AM
Those beautiful flowers are calla lilies, I believe. The second shot is terrific, yes! Where was this? May I ask?
Title: Re: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on September 10, 2012, 08:24:49 AM
Quote from: "jackbreakfast"
Those beautiful flowers are calla lilies, I believe. The second shot is terrific, yes! Where was this? May I ask?
Rosetta Mclain in Scarborough.
Title: Re: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: Rob'in'To on September 10, 2012, 09:13:09 AM
Nice ones Richard!  We kept going back and forth from the watch to the Hummingbirds.  I never got to see them up on those flowers.  I hope that other guy got his shots, he was there for quite a while.
Title: Re: The delicate hummingbird ballet
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on September 10, 2012, 11:58:24 AM
Quote from: "Rob'in'To"
Nice ones Richard!  We kept going back and forth from the watch to the Hummingbirds.  I never got to see them up on those flowers.  I hope that other guy got his shots, he was there for quite a while.
that was actually an awesome story.

after i walked back to see you guys (after i said i was leaving), i thought "I'll just walk by the backside to see if that hummer lands on that lilly again". i stopped and 2 seconds later, the hummer lands. i snap away and it leaves. 2 seconds after that, the guy comes out of the bathroom. took a piss right when the hummer landed. :)

anyways, the hummer came back a few times. the lighting varied. i assume he got similar shots to mine. maybe sharper, since my ISO was kicked up high to hell