Hummingbird at rest

[benlonghair]

D60 | 300mm | f/5.6 | ISO 100 | Flash fired

Full size.

This is a male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) defending his territory. He sits around all day, driving other males away. Fun to watch.

 

[vtf]

Good capture:thumbup:, Ive got some honey suckle in my back yard that a red breasted humming bird keeps visiting. Its a tough sucker to shoot. Keeps moving on me.

 

[benlonghair]

I should have lowered the shutter speed and lowered the flash output to get the background slightly brighter. I was really pushing the speedlight to it's limits, I think.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

D60 | 300mm | f/5.6 | ISO 100 | Flash fired

Full size.

This is a male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) defending his territory. He sits around all day, driving other males away. Fun to watch.

Nice photo. I really like it.

I took the liberty of a slight edit... I hope you don't mind...

My two cents:

 

[benlonghair]

Nice photo. I really like it.

I took the liberty of a slight edit... I hope you don't mind...

My two cents:

Soooo.... what you're saying is I need a 600mm? I agree.

I had it cropped down to about that size. What you see here is about 90% of the frame. I don't like cropping that much of my shots. Although I do like your edit more than my original.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

Although I do like your edit more than my original.

Thank you. My intent was just to show a different point of view not to discredit your work... I apologize if I offended.

I used Gimp 2.6 to crop it using a 1:1 aspect ratio. I adjusted the white balance slightly.

 

[benlonghair]

Although I do like your edit more than my original.

Thank you. My intent was just to show a different point of view not to discredit your work... I apologize if I offended.

No offense taken. I think I may have forgotten to adjust the WB when I was processing it, now that I think about it.

 

[benlonghair]

I don't normally bump my own threads, but here's a reshoot of the above pic. (Yes, I got a chance to reshoot him. ) A little noisy, but I'm ok with that.