Rufous Hummingbird by auntietk
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
Bill took me to San Juan Island for four days for my 60th birthday, and we had a great time! We hiked and took lots of pictures and stayed in a wonderful cabin just outside of Roche Harbor and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It was wonderful to come back and find so many lovely dedications from my Renderosity friends. Thank you all so much!
In the more than 11 years I've been taking pictures and posting here on Renderosity, I have never put up a picture of a hummingbird. There's a reason for that!. They're very quick, and I suck at wildlife shots. Give me something that holds still and I'm good to go, but these moving critters ... bugs and birds and fast things ... not so much.
This is not the best hummingbird shot I've ever seen. It appears to only have one wing, and it's not a very big picture because I was too far away and this was at the limit of my zoom. If I hadn't cropped it way down, you would never have seen the bird anyway. So no apologies, it is what it is, and I'm thrilled to have got one at all! At least I got a good enough look to find out it's a Rufous, and it's probably in the midst of its migration. That orange color is natural, btw. I gave this a little zing in Topaz, but didn't change the colors at all.
Comments (15)
bodo_56
A kind of dreamlike image - i envy you! 8=)
wysiwig
Congratulations on your milestone (the bird). I have enough trouble capturing a pigeon sitting on a wall. And a very happy birthday to you. Sounds like you had a great time.
SunriseGirl
Happy Birthday. I love this hummingbird photo. You did a fantastic job. I am glad to read of your great time on San Juan. Someday if I get a camera again I will post too. In the meanwhile I just peek in now and again.
Wolfenshire
You made a typo, you meant 30 birthday, right?
Happy Birthday.
LivingPixels
Superb photography Tara!!
durleybeachbum
Wow, well done, Tara! I have the same problem with birds, and would be thrilled if this was mine.
bakapo
wow, bravo, this is a splendid capture! Happy Birthday!
miwi
PhthaloBlue
Gorgeous capture!
RodS
A great capture of this little hummer, Tara! You've got me beat - I've never got a photo of one, and that's one of the top 3 on my photo bucket list, along with a lightning strike, and a space rocket liftoff.
Sounds like you and Bill had a perfect day for your birthday, my friend! 60 years young! 👍
bmac62
He looks mighty good to me. I'm of course in the same boat as Rod...no Hummingbird for me:)
helanker
Tara, I really love this dreamy shot. The light is amazingly beautiful and you really got a brilliant result here.
moochagoo
I'am jealous ! Really good capture.
kgb224
I love this picture Tara. Amazing capture Tara. God bless.
anahata.c
(picking up where I left off...) Boy, so much to say here. First, this is a shimmering atmospheric beautiful picture. Back to that in a sec...all this talk of the difficulty of getting hummingbirds, and putting them on one's "bucket list" and so on. (Lol Mark: Can't even get a pigeon on a wall.) Well, I've had lunch with hummingbirds, taken shots of their wives and families, and some of their inlaws. I've played chess with them, and gone out for birdseed with them. (This isn't a funny bit, so I'll abandon it. It had good 'wings' before I began it, but now I see it's going noplace...) Congratulations on capturing this elusive and difficult bird. And the composition puts all those diagonals to our left---a big 'curtain' of beautifully lit branches and flowers: beautiful composition! And great light and shimmer. And with all the experience bill had with bird shots, I'd think he'd be a whiz at hummingbirds. I guess they're really hard---you got some heavyweight photographers here (incl you) who say it's really hard. Shimmering shot, and I'm so glad you both went there for your birthday. Savannah and this place: real lush beauty since leaving texas...