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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: St John
Date: Jun 13, 2008
Aperture: 5.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/332
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2009

I was walking to the beach in St. John and stumbled on this guy feeding. Pain to capture by hand.

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Place: 936 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 4.9188
Avg (commenters): 5.1622
Avg (participants): 4.8900
Avg (non-participants): 5.0625
Views since voting: 579
Views during voting: 622
Votes: 480
Comments: 42
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03/17/2009 11:00:59 PM
Nice action shot.
03/17/2009 10:51:02 PM
5
03/17/2009 08:54:25 PM
Good stop-motion shot. Nicely done!
03/17/2009 01:31:27 PM
Lovely close up
03/16/2009 11:17:13 PM
Nice stop motion with shallow DOF. How fast those wings are!
03/16/2009 09:56:19 PM
out of focus
03/16/2009 08:48:39 PM
Interesting how the wings seem to disappear into the background.
03/16/2009 06:21:53 PM
Could be sharper... but GOSH! Those things are FAST! Lovely bokeh.

Not voting yet.
03/16/2009 11:00:10 AM
nice taken but it could be sharper and maybe with higher contrast .. .still six ;D coz I know how hard is to take such pic ;D

take care, brano
03/16/2009 05:20:13 AM
Lovely capture.
03/16/2009 03:22:18 AM
its so hard to capture these images well done
03/16/2009 02:51:00 AM
Well captured and presented.
03/16/2009 12:42:26 AM
Great capture, the DOF helps the humming bird to stand out from the background.
03/15/2009 11:36:31 PM
tough shot. you do need to use multiple flashes if you can to have a better capture, 5
03/15/2009 11:31:02 PM
Hmmmm. Never seen a hummer with horns! Interesting.
03/15/2009 12:01:18 PM
Lovely action shot, focus is a bit soft on the hummingbird but I would imagine this is not an easy shot to get.
03/15/2009 09:18:22 AM
Hummingbirds are so hard to photograph. Nice try.
03/14/2009 08:49:49 PM
Just look at it go.
03/14/2009 12:32:22 PM
hard shot to get perfect. just a little overexposed on the flowers
03/14/2009 11:29:57 AM
Hummingbirds are very difficult to photograph. There is some steep competition on this website, and unfortunately, the better hummingbird photos make the rest of us look like amateurs.
03/14/2009 09:38:27 AM
Nice shot. These buggers are hard to get.
03/13/2009 07:18:41 PM
almost looks like a wingless bird...nice colors and bokeh
03/13/2009 04:15:58 PM
I kinda wish the humming bird was a little less blurry, and the colors all seem a little over exposed.
03/13/2009 11:32:43 AM
excellent timing and capture
03/13/2009 10:00:28 AM
Not bad, but not quite sharp enough. Composition is good.
03/13/2009 08:10:50 AM
Needs a little more focus and the colors are a little flat but I do love the subject. Hummingbirds are awesome!
03/13/2009 07:05:18 AM
Nice colors and a lovely catch of this fine looking bird.
03/12/2009 08:12:16 PM
this is hard but need even faster shutter
03/12/2009 03:43:10 PM
Good shot but a little under avg shot for hummingbirds. Little OOF.
03/12/2009 03:26:03 PM
nice job blurring the background, these aren't easy shots to get, those little guys move awful fast
03/12/2009 09:15:52 AM
nice to see hummingbirds feeding
03/12/2009 03:23:49 AM
lovely bokeh. Could do with being just a touch sharper.
03/11/2009 10:22:09 PM
good quick fingers to get this guy. I'd really like some more contrast and sharpness.
03/11/2009 09:19:47 PM
You are blessed to have caught this little guy - they're FAST! But it is out of focus, though the background is a great bokeh.
03/11/2009 07:26:37 PM
I like the orange and green contrast, probably would have looked better a little sharper, but those things move fast!
03/11/2009 06:29:17 PM
Nice timing.
03/11/2009 05:31:39 PM
Decent shot of a very difficult subject to photograph.
03/11/2009 03:03:28 PM
good try at a difficult subject, but the colors are a little flat, and there is camera shake.
03/11/2009 12:56:22 PM
Great capture.
03/11/2009 10:59:32 AM
Like the fact that this is natural feeding , not at feeder.
Lots of patience
03/11/2009 05:18:08 AM
Amazing capture.
03/11/2009 04:12:32 AM
This has great warmth to it - from the colors, the bokeh, lightness of it. And since I'm familiar with bouganvilla (though not sure I can spell it), this really does a good job of showing just how tiny these little guys really are!


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