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Black-chinned Hummingbird-male
Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm PF-E
more to come…
Whatever Weds. Purple
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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Nice capture freezing the wings and getting good depth of field on the hummer.
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Thank you so much, Robert! They are so cute and fun to watch zipping around the yard.
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Fantastic captures! We get a lot of these here. They are usually the first to come.
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Thank you so much, Denise! They’re the first to arrive here as well. In the last week a pair of Rufous have showed up. The spats over the feeder are entertaining.
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Deborah, nice in-flight shots. These Black-chinned Hummers are the ones I have the most of and the ones that stay all summer in my area.
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Thank you so much, John! I’ve also got a pair Rufous now fighting over the feeder. I’m trying to get a good dog fight shot, but so far no joy.
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I can understand that, hard enough to catch one of those in flight, they are very active!
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Purple! Wow! Beautiful, Deborah.
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Thank you so much, Jennie!
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You’re welcome, Deborah! BTW, what color was the back of the hummingbird? Black?
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His back is green mostly, but looks black in the shade.
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Ah! Thank you.
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They look beautiful
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Thank you so much!!
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Beautiful bird. I know they go fast, but you went faster. Neato!
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Thank you so much, Ally! 😊
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Well, that explains that. The fastest shutter speed on my camera is 1/2500. It’s no wonder I have such trouble capturing birds in flight! These are wonderful — especially that purple!
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Thank you so much!
When I started shooting the night sky and birds I found I needed a more robust camera so moved to a faster camera with a bigger buffer, and better high ISO capabilities and I added faster read/write cards. It does make a difference.
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Wonderful shots, Deborah! Wow, these are so difficult to capture!
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Thank you so much!!
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They are so fast, I’m in awe of your great shots.
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Thank you so much, Judy!
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Nice shots!
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Thank you, David!
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Perfect photos of these little beauties (or of one little beauty.)
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Thank you, Janet! You’re right it’s the same bird in both images. 😊
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Magnificent! We see quite a few of these on our morning hikes, but never the details that you splendidly laid out before us! No, not enough exclamation marks for such magnificence ❕❕❕There. Better.
May I ask what the purple bow in the first photo is?
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Thank you! Do you mean the Gorget on the Hummer’s throat? It flashes in the sun or when the light hits it just right. It’s thought it helps the males attract a female, and it signals their status in the species.
I think Gorget is a French word meaning throat.
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Yes! Today we paused during our morning hike to look at a hummingbird. I have great admiration for your eye and ability: I was not able to spot anything like what you were able to capture, wow!
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How cool! We must have been channeling each other because this morning on my birding hike I paused to get a shot of a bird I thought was a Wren but when I looked at my playback I saw it was a Juvenile Rufous Hummingbird! The bill is so much shorter when they’re young! I learned that today. 😊
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Wow! How did you learn so much about bird watching?
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LOL! Going birding since 2008 I’ve learned a few things. 😊
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Beautiful captures Deborah of these cute little guys
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Thank you so much, Ashley!!
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Stunning captures!
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Thank you so much!!
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These are terrific, Deborah 👏 😊
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Thank you so much, Belinda!
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The throat! How wonderful! Why would a rather unsuspicious bird have that? Lovely pictures Deborah!
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Probably to attract a female hummer.😊 Isn’t he handsome!!
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Breathtaking photos, Deborah. We never see hummingbird wings.
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Thank you so much, John!!
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Fantastic catches!! Hummers are so cool and smart. There used to be some hummers in my neighborhood but I haven’t seen them in a couple of years. When I saw one up the block I took my camera with me and as I looked for it; it was hovering behind me at knee level watching me, to my surprise. I think I got its photo though.
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Thank you so much, Gordon! That sounds so cool!! Was that a recent photo you think you got? I hope you got it!
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I recall it was at least 2 to 3 years ago but time flies and the memory loses track. Unfortunately, it must be among the photos I lost during my disk crash but it might turn up someday.
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I hope they do turn up!!
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So sweet.
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They are so cute, and sweet. 😊
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I don’t know how you got such perfect pictures of a hummingbird. Those are amazing. The look on his face in the second shot seems like he’s asking, “Did you get that?”
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I sat outside and waited and waited. Yesterday he and his mate were flying and hovering close to the back door. I kept wondering if they were trying to tell me the feeder was getting low, time to make a new batch of nectar! LOL! It wouldn’t surprise me at all if that’s what they were doing. They seem smart. There are 4 Hummers now and they’re going through the nectar in 4-5 days now.
I had a nice surprise when I lifted the cushion on the chair to wait for the Hummingbirds…a lizard was under there! It was a big one, and the cheeky thing didn’t even move! I decided to let it stay and I stood. 😊
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You’re a good friend to the animal kingdom. Our birds let us know when it’s time to replenish the feeding spots or clean and refill the birdbaths.
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You must have set a pretty fast shutter speed.
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You’re right, I did! 1/8000’s. 😊
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That’s the fastest shutter speed on my camera. Not sure I’ve ever used it, but it sure came in handy for a hummingbird.
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I think that’s the fastest on my camera as well. It does come in handy when photographing speedy things like birds, and cars!
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