hummingbirds

[rdking647]

spending a few days at the beach in port aransas texas. i have a friend here who sets out a lot of hummingbird feeders.
finaly after years of trying got some decent shots of hummingbirds

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. Beautiful! I love them. Did you see Hummingbirds on PBS?

They talked/showed the Rockport, TX amassing of the cuties on their way south. Such wonderful little animals.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Excellent shots.

I am especially taken by that last one. So vivid and sharp.

[Solly Mack]

3. Very nice!

I love hummers.

[handmade34]

4. ok, Wow!

only in my photographer's fantasy world could I get a good hummingbird shot...

[rdking647]

10. its taken me a long time to get some good shots

took almost 600 last night and only about 20 were keepers.

its amazing how fast they move and how fast their wings beat. even 1/1600 of a sec wasnt quick enough to freeze the wings

[nashville_brook]

16. what lens did you use? f-stop? ISO? i must know!!

these are amazing!

i've never been able to capture hummingbirds.

[teamster633]

5. Congratulations.

Those are so beautiful. Am I ever envious...

[roguevalley]

6. glorious

my dad's favorite bird. the day he died, I went home and sort of stood there vibrating in the new paradigm, then saw bills on the counter. I opened the first one, junk mail and pictures of hummingbirds fell out of it. No coincidences. Hummingbirds are holy to me.

[icymist]

7. These are gorgeous!

Well done!

[Skittles]

8. LOVE these

I find hummingbirds fascinating, although I am still peeved at the one who flew into my bf's garage, forcing us to spend 15 minutes in extreme heat (it was 106 degrees outside) chasing the little bloke around to get it outside so we could close the door

[brer cat]

9. So sweet!

Thanks for sharing.

[Rebl]

11. Love

these flying little jewels! We bought a little bird swing (like you would put in a bird cage) this summer and hung it on the deck. To our amazement one little hummer used it quite often. She would sit there and watch for other hummers. If they got too close the chase was on!!

[alfredo]

12. Beautiful.

[KC]

13. Those are

gorgeous!

[mnhtnbb]

14. Great shots!

[MichaelSoE]

15. #4 is the winner ... persistance pays off

[locks]

17. Thanks for the beautiful photos

One time I stayed at a place in Costa Rica where thousands of hummingbirds came, probably 50 species, every color, every size and took turns feeding. Recently I viewed the PBS show on hummingbirds taken from the tropics to the Arctic. They never cease to amaze and make us want to save this wonderful planet.

[Mira]

18. UNBELIEVABLE

especially that fourth one. All I can say is "Damn" fine job about that!

On that fourth one, I would love to see a little more free, negative space, around the bird. Is is available?
What a great accomplishment!

[rdking647]

19. you mean like this :)

best i could do,theres a bird feeder to the left
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[Mira]

20. YEs yes - thank you

Precisely how I wanted to see this spectacular shot! How kind of you to show me. I'll put it on my desktop for a while, hope you don't mind.

[rdking647]

21. not at all

its my new wallpaper until i get home,then its going on my wall

[IrishAyes]

22. Spectacular!

[photogirl26]

23. WoW!

I too have been in hot pursuit of a great hummingbird shot, but these are totally excellent! Thanks so much for sharing!

[rdking647]

24. its taken me 3 years

and countless thousands of shots to get some i like

i needed a shutter speed of 1/1600 with a 500mm lens
about an hour before sunset