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Pierre Martin
{K:3355} 7/27/2005
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Vibrant colors...... perfect focus and DOF... you caught this hummingbird very well!!! My attempts to photograph one have not worked out well, so far.
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Larry Quigley
{K:12887} 7/10/2005
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The irridecent colors on this hummingbird are just outstanding, Lauri. The sharpness and detail put this in the "super" class. Well done! Larry
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 7/10/2005
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Thanks Dirck! You're too kind. :)
I lucked out with this guy b/c he sat still for quite a few minutes and let me snap away. I have a few more of this bird that I'll post soon. They really are quite stunning little birds.
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 7/9/2005
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This is great shot with beautiful details, who recognized this bird it is indeed to include the tail, by including you have to suffer the details and it will be so small in the frame, superb work. Saeed
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Maria José Barres
{K:11276} 7/9/2005
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Beautiful color and very nice velvety texture. Good work!
Greetings.
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Dirck DuFlon
{K:35779} 7/9/2005
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Wow - Laurie this is incredible! The sheen on this little guy's feathers is quite amazing - I don't know if I've ever seen a good photo of a hummingbird that wasn't in flight (but now I have! :) The coloration and the long tail are reminiscent of a Quetzal - Guatemala's national bird, but they're larger and don't have that irridescence.
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Paolo Corradini
{K:59552} 7/9/2005
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beautiful colors and composition, perfect without the tip cut...
:)
greetings
Paolo
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/9/2005
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Laurie, I just searched for some images of this bird and it really does have a long tail! Now that I see that, I think you did a great job on choosing to get a close-up shot to grab all the details.
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 7/9/2005
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Thanks Linda! He actually sat for a little while and let me snap a bunch of pictures. I was maybe a foot away from him when I shot this one. I have a full length image of him that I'll post soon. In addition to tons of butterflies, Butterfly World also has a hummingbird aviary. Hummingbirds are so small and so fast I probably would never be able to find (let alone photograph) one in the wild!
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 7/9/2005
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P.J.,
Thanks for your comment. This particular hummingbird has a very long tail (I think the longest of any hummingbird species). So I had to decide between getting him all in frame or getting more detail. In this image, I went for detail, but I have another that shows his long beautiful tail. :)
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 7/9/2005
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Thanks Toshi!
This hummingbird is a jamaican steamertail and it has a really really long tail. I wanted to get some good detail on this guy so I shot close and cut off part of the tail. Not to worry though, I have a full length image of this guy that shows his entire long beautiful tail. :)
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 7/9/2005
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beautifully captured.. love the colors.. great work
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Ann Van Breemen
{K:13399} 7/9/2005
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What a beautiful bird, Laurie. I love the irredescent green. I believe they move very fast so you did well to get such a good shot. Nice composition and framing. Cheers, Ann.
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 7/9/2005
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Oh wow Laurie what a beautiful capture...fabulous..a great look, love the detail, the colors, and the composition..I would be so excited to get a bird like this..wonderful and so glad to get to see it close up like this..you did this with the macro lens wow, how far were you from it, and by the way excellent dof...very well seen and captured, love that oof background too...well done and presented, I love it....:):)Linda
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22851} 7/9/2005
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Excellent capture Laurie!
Very beautiful hummingbird!
Great shot!
Congrats!
Roberto.
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/9/2005
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Nice capture Laurie. I really like the colors and DOF. But you cut off the tip of it's poor tail ;) If it was a tighter crop on the bottom I think it would be fine, but just to have a little of it missing kind of distracts me :)
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