Rufous Hummingbird Female

[Don Nelson]

Another Rufous Female, from the second setup. Wild and free bird in Oregon as are all others shown
Canon 5D3, 400DO, 12+12 extension rings, ISO 400, 1/200, f16, 8 x 580EXII 1/32+0.3EV, Different background
Cropped, canvas added at top. Spider webs removed from bill (common nesting material to bind bits together -- they gather this)
An interesting side note - The Az-Sonora desert museum in Tucson had to re-introduce spiders into their hummingbird aviary. The
birds were building nests without spider webs that fell apart when babies were in the nest.

[dankearl]

Best yet, Don, super pose and it doesn't appear flashed at all.
Color and exposure is perfect.

[Ofer Levy]

Nice pose and colours! A bit bright on my monitor and I would move it a bit higher in the frame.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Don, good flight pose, and as always with flash set ups, tack sharp. I do like the colourful iridescence, and have to agree with Ofer that the image is a touch bright.

[stefano sitzia]

great catch! A little bit bright on my monitor and bit low in details.

[Don Lacy]

Lovely flight pose just a tad bright

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and details Don, it looks just a tad bright on my screen too. everything perfect

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

A little bright for me as well but great pose and details. I admire your patience for setting these up

[Peter Dexter]

Nice "in flight" catch. Agree on the brightness issue. I would add catch light to the eye.