Canon 5DII
500mm f/4
Gitzo 3530LS/full Wimberley head
1/1250 sec
f/6.3
ISO 1250
Took this a couple mornings ago off my porch. I've been working on my hummer shots (ruby-throated are what we get here in central NY). Not using flash. This hummingbird was coming to my feeder, hesitated a bit in this moment due to some intense competition. I liked the sense of drama and the eye contact, as well as the whirling sense of movement in the wing blur (though I must say it's a bit hard to post this after just seeing Doug's most excellent hummingbird shot!)
Wish that I had gone with a smaller aperture, would have liked bill and top of head to be in focus. But was going for SS.
Ran NR, slight sharpening. Lightened area in LLC. Lightened some of the shadowed areas on the bird. This is perhaps a 60% crop.
Thanks for looking. C & C greatly welcomed and appreciated. I hope you like it!







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. I've never shot these as we don't have them natively in Africa, but can appreciate how tricky this must be.

Love It !!

