Friday, December 19, 2014

Hummingbird In The Hedge

We were sitting out with some neighbors yesterday evening when suddenly, "Whoosh", a tiny hummingbird flew right past my nose! He had a branch picked out in the hedge and I was sitting between our feeder and his perch. He was giving me fair warning that this was his flight path and that I was in it!

I saw him in the hedge and he did not seem to be in a hurry to leave so I quietly got up to get my camera. He waited patiently while I sat back down and found him in the finder. He is only an inch or so tall so it took a minute to find and zoom in on him with a high magnification level of 50X or so. The light was not good as the sun was setting behind the hedge he was in so the camera insisted on setting a high ASA setting which introduces some grain as well as delivering less contrast that the scene deserved. I managed to add contrast with Picasa so here is the best I could do at the moment. I will keep my eye open for a better chance as he seems to be happy here on our patio. Maybe he has a girlfriend he will introduce us to.


8 comments:

  1. Even on low light that's a good pic.

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  2. Super nice Croft - love hummingbirds! More pics please! The purple is amazing.

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  3. Excellent picture of your friendly neighbor.

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  4. Nice photo. But it begs the question. Did you move your chair to not impede the little fella's flight path?

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    1. No, he had to work around me but he let me know he was not happy about it.

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  5. Great photo Croft. My hummingbird book is back in Canada so I can't help ID him but he is beautiful.

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  6. Good shot amigo - plenty of those subjects south of the border - hint, hint.

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