I have started seeing a few Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at my feeders but I have not been able to get any photos of them. I took the above photos at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center.
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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wonderful set
T especially love the first one with the gold on the wings picking up up the gold on the berry. Would make nice autumn picture. I love hummingbirds.
I agree with Lili that the 1st one is really picture “perfect”. Fall colors for sure and the images are just sharp and clear.
Oh these are absolutley amazing! I love the first one. I have been trying to capture a humming bird all summer and I just can’t do it
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Beautiful – the migration must be starting – the four that live around my place haven’t left yet – it’s often a big frost that sends them on their way to your home Steve. These shots of the busy little females are amazing. Well done!
So beautiful. We had to look after some hummingbirds at the wildlife rehab I used to work at..so very tiny. I get a lot of hummingbirds in Victoria BC. Canada looking through my window at my budgies,Lovebird. Lovely little people. I noticed some of your shots you must have used a high speed and then some you allowed the blur of their wings..interesting. Good stuff. love Ravynwolfe
Thanks everyone! Ravynwolfe, I do use a fast and slow shutter speed because I like showing the blur of the wings and I also like showing the details of the wings.
Beautiful shots Steve! The first one is my favorite. This is the only species of hummingbird we get in Ontario and I always look forward to their return each May
I have seen a couple other of your hummingbird photos but the first one here is outstanding. My favorite so far, I think.
Nice shots. I see that you got some shots showing how they are not always the same colors, depending on the lighting.
Thanks for the great comments!
Very nice, especially the first one.
Absolutely beautiful!!
Love the photos of the hummingbirds. I didn’t really know they landed but it makes sense. I watched one flying up into a tree earlier this year. I saw a stellar jay at Diamond Lake and got a few good photos. It’s on my blog—gone fishin’
Take care and have a good day!
I have been seeing a LOT of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds at my feeders (5) recently. (9/3/10) They must be getting ready to migrate south. I’ve had at least a half dozen around all summer. I sit out in my chair and they are all around me ! I’m going to miss them until they return next year. By the way, I live in southwestern Ohio so I don’t know what other people are observing……
ms huckabee, i got an olympus om something in ’79 for my 18th birthday. took that thing everywhere with me. even into the bush in ontario, canada. it was often the photos i wasnt expecting that turned into the best ones….and then, you not only had to buy the film, but print the shots, dudds and all! sometimes i think i worked harder then for the shots…mostly to be disapointed.
i got several shots of the male rubythroated hummingbird by taking pictures of the columbines and wildflowers that flourish around the outhouse, near the base cabin in the provincial park.
i would take a shot….something would brush by my long lens, thinking it was a shadow or something…i took another shot. it wasnt til the third shot, i realized it was these tiny birds, feeding on the flowers. when i got home, there they were…beautiful, intricate, until then unseen…wonderful shots! they of course, ended up in a shoebox somewhere, becuase we didnt have digital anything, then!
havent thought of that for many years! thank you for your beautiful work!
ps…the only camera i have is on my celphone…i get pics of my kids, grandkids, etc. but the olympus om whatzit, is long gone!
sincerely, mary yarbrough chittum
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Mary, thanks for leaving a comment and I hope you come back often. The cameras on cell phones are getting pretty awesome these days. I also remember the film days and I am glad digital came along.
I always know that looking at your pics will uplift my mood on the greyest of days. You have an unusual talent of captturing the essence of the animals and nature, the stuff we pick up on when seeinng live and not in captivity but rarely, if ever, see in any renditions or pics. Thanks for shareing your work and for drawing attention tto the natuural backyard beauty of Arkansas. I lived there last year but am back in NYC and also appreciate seeing the place that I became attached to very quickly. Thanks!
Thank you so much KC for the kind words!
These are great! Are you using a macro lens?
I use A Canon 7D and the new 100 mm macro f2.8 IS on a tripod with remote release.
Sue Baker
Thank you Sue! I have that lens but I don’t use it for the Hummingbirds. If I remeber I think I took these with the Canon 500f4. I also use the Canon 100-400 a lot.