Sleepy Hummingbird

[Daniel Grossi]

Sorry, it's been entirely too long since I've posted in here. I assure you I've been out shooting however. I caught this young lady dozing off after feeding on some wild snapdragons.

Nikon D500
Nikkor 600mm f/4e FL ED VR
Induro GIT-304L Tripod + GHB2 Gimbal Head
1/1600
f/4
ISO-800
Center Weighted Average

Cropped out around 50% of the edges
Branch in BG removed via content-aware fill in PS

Cleveland, Ohio USA
August 2017
Late day, cool, overcast and light showers

[Daniel Grossi]

Looking at this again - I should have cleaned up those vertical stripes on the right.

[Glenn Pure]

Beautiful shot, Daniel. I love the pose. IQ, tones, background and framing all look great to me.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A fine shot Daniel, had you not pointed out the bird was asleep I would have said shame about the eye, but I guess the wing position may well denote the slumber(?)

[Daniel Grossi]

A fine shot Daniel, had you not pointed out the bird was asleep I would have said shame about the eye, but I guess the wing position may well denote the slumber(?)

She was perched there and her eyes kept shutting like she was dozing off. It was a lot of fun to watch.


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