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« on: April 12, 2016, 08:26:18 PM » |
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I was sitting out in the back yard this afternoon and noticed this little guy kept coming back and perching on the same spot. He'd stay for a couple of minutes, make his rounds and come back, over and over agian. So while he was gone, I set up the camera and tripod and waited. -RP  |
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t-man403
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2016, 08:34:32 PM » |
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Awesome shot!  |
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2016, 08:45:15 PM » |
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Wow...that's magazine quality right there!
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Mike
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2016, 09:08:31 PM » |
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RP, I feed the hummers every summer here, for years. I'm sure I get returning birds, each early spring. I hang my feeders under the roof overhangs, out of the sun, and so I can watch them. If you sit long enough you discover each bird finds a particular spot and always returns to it to perch (all summer)..... when they are not playing aerial combat with each other. If I go out and water the scape, and use a fine mist, I can get a number of them bathing in flight, in the mist. If I let a feeder go empty, they hover in the window and look inside, wistfully.
All I get are Ruby Throats, I think yours is another variety. Nice shot.
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« Last Edit: April 12, 2016, 09:10:43 PM by Jess from VA »
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2016, 03:00:09 AM » |
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Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Now this is getting interesting........
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2016, 04:07:44 AM » |
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Man, you nailed it Excellent feather detail. |
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2016, 04:34:19 AM » |
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Beautiful!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2016, 05:39:31 AM » |
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Wow! that's gotta be one excellent telephoto lens, high megapixels camera body, and a great tripod. The one behind the camera isn't bad either.! Great Shot!!! |
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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2016, 05:51:12 AM » |
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« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2016, 05:57:43 AM » |
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Nice shot! Must say that I thought of something else. lately my middle finger has been sort of, well.... Stiffer than normal, I accidentally flip lots of "birds" of late. I tell people not to take it personal, I do it to everyone  |
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« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2016, 05:59:54 AM » |
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Wow that is just awesome and the detail is amazing what camera is this?
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« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2016, 06:21:55 AM » |
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You ought to enter that in the Fair! Nice job |
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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2016, 07:08:06 AM » |
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Really neat shot, love the detail. A few years back I was visiting friends in Mich., they have a couple of Hummer feeders on posts around their backyard porch. While we were eating dinner on the porch, the Hummers would come/go just a few feet away, suddenly one came and hovered over my Kool-aid drink and took a sip. It was bright red and sweet....probably the color caught their eye at first. It wasn't more than a foot from me and showed no fear. Needless to say, I was intrigued by it all.
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« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2016, 12:20:56 PM » |
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Wow! Great shot.
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« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2016, 06:03:47 PM » |
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Wow! that's gotta be one excellent telephoto lens, high megapixels camera body, and a great tripod. The one behind the camera isn't bad either.! Great Shot!!! Thanks guys. I'd like to say it's skill, but if I get a good one, its usually luck. I'm still figuring the camera out. I used to have a 35mm SLR back in the 70's, but only point and shoots since then. A couple of months ago I was thinking I always wanted a good camera, so I went and got one. Its a Nikon D7200. It has way more capability than I do. All I can say is its amazing what you can do with a 200mm lens from about 10 feet. -RP |
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« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2016, 07:07:09 PM » |
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Great pic, RP! Gotta love hummingbirds. They're the smallest bird but also the most fearless. I put out 4 feeders, resting material, and now have constructed my own water park for them. It's constructed out of a galvanized oil drip pan--$10, a 220 gph pump-$8, a 5 gal bucket, a piece of 1/2 inch pvc, some 1/2 ID hose a 90 degree barbed hose fitting and some aquarium odds and ends. Now all I need are some hummingbirds. They're not quite up to the Northern Illinois area yet. You can check out the test run. http://vid1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee370/wiggydotcom/20160413_153021_zpsvfyuyvnt.mp4 |
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« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2016, 07:44:58 PM » |
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"All I get are Ruby Throats, I think yours is another variety."
On the East coast, the only hummers are ruby throated. Out west there many varieties.
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« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2016, 09:54:40 PM » |
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I was aware of that Sandy. I truly enjoy these wonders of nature. They always make me think of James Brown's standard intro.... the hardest working man in show business.  |
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« Reply #19 on: April 14, 2016, 03:50:19 AM » |
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That pic is magazine worthy fer sure! My feeder has been out for 2 weeks now..........waiting!!  |
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