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06/25/2007 12:52:03 PM · #1
I'm just thrilled. I got this one kind of by accident.

06/25/2007 12:54:33 PM · #2
You'll remember this for years to come.

Oh...and that's a very nice picture of that bird, too.

Message edited by author 2007-06-25 12:55:33.
06/25/2007 12:55:06 PM · #3
I got my first hummer by accident, she just kind of slipped.

In reality awesome shot, one wing is still the other is almost. Back at my old house I could have tried but now I see none of them.
06/25/2007 01:03:10 PM · #4
Ahhhh.... I remember my first one too.... congrats.... lovely shot
06/25/2007 01:14:49 PM · #5
Everyone loves a good hummer now and then.
06/25/2007 01:30:56 PM · #6
Another one in this series.

06/25/2007 01:36:10 PM · #7
pawdrix helped me setup my first, couldnt't thank him enough.
06/25/2007 02:22:47 PM · #8
Originally posted by roby21112:

pawdrix helped me setup my first, couldnt't thank him enough.


LMAO!


06/25/2007 02:27:23 PM · #9
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by roby21112:

pawdrix helped me setup my first, couldnt't thank him enough.


LMAO!


Did you atleast get to pick her out?
06/25/2007 02:28:58 PM · #10


Message edited by author 2007-06-25 14:29:27.
06/25/2007 02:36:58 PM · #11
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by roby21112:

pawdrix helped me setup my first, couldnt't thank him enough.


LMAO!


Did you atleast get to pick her out?


oddly she looked alot like him.
06/25/2007 06:30:26 PM · #12
Originally posted by roby21112:

Originally posted by RainMotorsports:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by roby21112:

pawdrix helped me setup my first, couldnt't thank him enough.


LMAO!


Did you atleast get to pick her out?


oddly she looked alot like him.




I apologize for the thread hijack. Given my level of maturity or lack of, it really couldn't be helped.

Seriously, a very nice hummingbird shot. There are none where I live but based the ones I've seen on vacation they must be hard to shoot? Fast little buggers...aren't they?

Message edited by author 2007-06-25 18:31:02.
06/26/2007 04:59:08 PM · #13
I just managed to snag my first decent one that wasn't sitting still today.
Tasking on an AF lens when at near minimum focus distance at 300mm.

06/26/2007 05:02:11 PM · #14
I thought a Hummer was one of those steriod inflated 4X4's? Hovering and fast?? Damn! I'm just a stupid Brit!
06/26/2007 05:06:10 PM · #15


Wish it was with a real flower, not a plastic hummingbird feeder.
06/26/2007 05:13:55 PM · #16
Originally posted by BAMartin:



Wish it was with a real flower, not a plastic hummingbird feeder.


Real or plastic, it's still a very nice hummer.
06/26/2007 05:15:37 PM · #17
When the subject is hummers, I can't be silent:



06/26/2007 05:15:57 PM · #18
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Real or plastic, it's still a very nice hummer.


[immaturity] That's what she said. [/immaturity]

Sorry, couldn't resist
06/26/2007 05:24:42 PM · #19
Originally posted by strangeghost:

When the subject is hummers, I can't be silent:



These are amazing. I'd love to know how much waiting is involved to get shots like these.

I have all the "right" flowers and feeders, etc, in my yard, and I almost never see the hummingbirds at them!
06/26/2007 05:25:58 PM · #20
I've never seen so many hummers all at the same time!

(Shot in Durango earlier this month.)
06/26/2007 05:29:29 PM · #21
Originally posted by Rebecca:

I've never seen so many hummers all at the same time!

(Shot in Durango earlier this month.)

Check this:


Shot in Cloudcroft NM a couple of years ago. They were almost so thick you have to beat them off with a broom. The whole area was humming and trilling with their wing-beats.

Fromac, all of my shots were at a couple of locations in New Mexico that were especially fertile with the little buggers. For my four shots above, I just pulled a chair up to within about 15 feed of the feeder and waited. The little guy came back about every 10 minutes like clockwork!

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