Form and Grace

Posted by Harvey Edelman on Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:46 am

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Canon EOS 1D
Handheld
Canon 180mm. Macro Lens
ISO 200
Evaluative Meering 0
F3.5 @ 1/2500 Sec.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:30 am

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Harvey, at first I thought this was a bird caught in a mist net, but I believe it's a Broad-Billed Hummingbird collecting nesting material?

Great behavior and timing. Shadow recovery could bring out more detail in the darks. If the eye was open, I'd add a catchlight. A great shot.

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by Harvey Edelman on Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:35 am

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Alan Murphy wrote:Harvey, at first I thought this was a bird caught in a mist net, but I believe it's a Broad-Billed Hummingbird collecting nesting material?

Great behavior and timing. Shadow recovery could bring out more detail in the darks. If the eye was open, I'd add a catchlight. A great shot.

Yes... it's a Broadbilled Hummer. I have a few other recent posts with him on the forum using flash. This time the flash didn't fire as I was at the end of the cycle.

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by AForns on Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:38 am

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Great timing Harvey I couldn't figure out what was happening at first. Would try to enhance the building material around the beak and Alan's suggestion. Sweet shot congratulations.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:44 am

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Amazing image Harvey! It looks like the bird is tumbling through the air doing backward flips!

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by fredcor on Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:37 am

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Yes, incredible timing and the curved body is tremendous.

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by Tim Grams on Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:01 am

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Neat shot. Amazing that its still a bit blurrred with 1/2500th SS.

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by eagle43 on Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:11 am

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Congrats Hummingbird Man!!!

Harvey this is one of the most unique hummer images I've ever seen.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:29 am

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Wonderful action, Harvey. It was made possible by your judicious use of 1/2500 at f3.5.

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by Bill Whala on Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:56 am

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What a wonderful series this has been. Looks like the HB is doing loops.

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by AlexC on Thu Apr 08, 2004 3:17 pm

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By the amount of strands he is taking I suspect he is making a rug on a very tiny loom!!, create catch!!! Congrats!!

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