Up Close & Personal With a Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Hope you all enjoy! Any, and all feedback, is welcomed.

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WOW! :O Especially the first one!

The first one with all that wing action is really cool :gj:

Really great shot!

I love the first one. I commend you on all of those pictures because those little buggers are FAST! I like to compare them to dragonflies because at first glance they seem like insects, they're so tiny and quick.

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Originally Posted by icygirl

I love the first one. I commend you on all of those pictures because those little buggers are FAST! I like to compare them to dragonflies because at first glance they seem like insects, they're so tiny and quick.

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LOL! Yes, they are quite fast. Here's my secret, we have our feeders hanging on shepherd's hooks. I tie a small limb to the top of the shepherd hook, and now the little Hummers have somewhere to rest before/after taking a drink. It makes it SO much easier to photograph them! ;)

Thanks for the comments!

gorgeous! I'm so jealous! The only one ive ever gotten to see close up was dead.. pretty, but dead :(

I love the bottom one, the fluffy little body! If you didn't sharpen your photos before posting them thats really the only thing i would suggest :)

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

gorgeous! I'm so jealous! The only one ive ever gotten to see close up was dead.. pretty, but dead :(

I love the bottom one, the fluffy little body! If you didn't sharpen your photos before posting them thats really the only thing i would suggest :)

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Thanks for the comment! Although I could be wrong here, but I am 99% sure that I did NOT sharpen any of these photos. Only major photoshop action I did besides cropping was adjust the saturation.

Thanks again!

--Jason

Great pictures, the first one is absolutely an eye catcher. All of the pictures are nice though. Although I don't see why they call it ruby-throated.

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Originally Posted by Neal

Great pictures, the first one is absolutely an eye catcher. All of the pictures are nice though. Although I don't see why they call it ruby-throated.

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The males (my photos are of a female) have very bright ruby-colored throats. I have some photos of males, and I will try and post them a bit later on.

Thanks for the comments! :)