Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

I had posted a landscape version of this photo earlier, but was not fully satisfied with it. I cropped this portrait version out the bigger photo. I'm happy with it now.

Yummy!

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BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

Not hard to see why, it really rocks. Nice job.

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

Nice work!!!!

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

Thank you.

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

Thank you. I took this a few years ago. I had considered it a cull, but took a second look and decided I could save it.

Angel Star Photography Loc: Tacoma, WA

Great job! This one is definitely a keeper!

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

Fantastic, one of the best hummer photos I have seen. Thanks for sharing.

BillyP Loc: Cedar Point, NC

Nice!

LakeGal Loc: Cloquet, Minnesota

Absolutely stunning!!

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

Thank you. Here is a link to the photo I cropped it from:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-549144-1.html

old man 88 Loc: Palmview, TX when not on road

Great Sharp Focus on the Hummingbird

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

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Sorry.

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

That's due to the Auto-focus of the camera (Sony A77II). These photos were taken a few years ago before I bought the even better A99II with even faster AF but I did not get around to taking any hummingbirds with my newer camera. Maybe next year?

frjack Loc: Boston, MA

Very nice. By posting the original that you looked at during a cull you presented an excellent argument for spending the occasional rainy day culling old folders and occasionally asking, "hmmmm, I wonder what would happen?"

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

You nailed it Jack! That's exactly what happened. I spent today looking at old photos that I had taken three years ago and had dismissed them as not being good enough. I now have a better camera and a much better lens than I was using the day I took this photo. It's too late in the season so it would be next to impossible to get the birds to cooperate with me in taking another photo. Some ladies from the church are having a craft show/sale and have asked me to set up a display of my photos. I wanted something fresh and found it by spending a day looking at old photos and giving them a second chance.

BTW, the secret to the focus on this picture is to have the camera on a tripod and select a spot in the photo where I expect the bird to visit. The camera is set up to only take the photo after it obtains auto-focus. When I see the bird getting near the "focus tap" I press the remote shutter release. Only if the bird goes to the right place and the camera obtains focus, do five flashes fire simultaneously freezing a moment in time. If you download the image and magnify her eye, you will see four white spots, that are the four flashes aimed at her. The 5th flash lit up the background.

Thanks for looking and commenting.