John Chardine
05-26-2008, 08:31 PM
Following along from the female Ruby-throated Hummingbird I posted the other day, here is the male, probably the mate of the previous bird. They have figured out that this funny looking flower with vast amounts of sugar water in it, is a pretty good resource, so they are fiercely defending the feeder.
It was cloudy and the male's gorget showed orange in parts but not the full ruby colour. I still have that to capture. Anyway, in the meantime, here he is in his splendor. I didn't realise that even the grey/white breast lights up green in certain directions. There were some nasty vines in the image that I decided to remove using Quickmask. Also did selective noise reduction of BG, plus standard processing.
40D, 500 mm f4, 1.4x tc
capture date: Monday, May 26, 2008 5:29:02 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/250
aperture: f5.6
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
It was cloudy and the male's gorget showed orange in parts but not the full ruby colour. I still have that to capture. Anyway, in the meantime, here he is in his splendor. I didn't realise that even the grey/white breast lights up green in certain directions. There were some nasty vines in the image that I decided to remove using Quickmask. Also did selective noise reduction of BG, plus standard processing.
40D, 500 mm f4, 1.4x tc
capture date: Monday, May 26, 2008 5:29:02 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/250
aperture: f5.6
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern