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    Default Sippin' from a Columbine

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    I took this photograph in my backyard. I'm posting in the Hand of Man forum since I placed the columbine in a location to accentuate the background I was hoping for. The green background is simply a wall of Ivy growing with the darker greens being the older growth and the light greens being the newer growth. I picked a view that would outline the hummer if it "posed" at the right angle. Sure enough it did. Thanks in advance for your thoughts

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    Excellent job in planning...it paid off well. Very sharp, well composed and just the right moment. I had to think for a minute on the light area of the BG and realized what you had done.......it frames the flower/hummer perfectly. Well done.

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    very nice and pleasing image. Bird position is perfect vs the beautiful flower. Good Job!

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    Usually the hummers steals the photo, here the flower shares equal billing! Love that balance, lovely image.

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    Very nice image. Love the flower and bg. I like the blurred wings too. Since there is no man made elements and the bird is wild, you could have posted this in the wild and free forum.
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    This is a very sharp image from that high speed flying bird. I like the contrast between the flower and the bird and you made a good choice for the aparture opening to blur the wings: that add to the impact of speed .

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