Ruby-throated Hummingbird by CavalierLady
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I finally figured out that manual focus works better than auto focus for these fast birds, for me anyway. Auto focus just works too hard and overcompensates. Only problem is that manual focus is not that easy, either! This is about a 65 percent crop and I cloned out the bit of red plastic flower on the right side. This one's not quite there yet, but it's fun trying. First time I have gotten an in flight shot or tried manual focus. Also the first Ruby I have seen this year.
Thanks very much for looking and thanks for your previous comments!
Comments (47)
Very lucky capture you got here. Congratulations. Excellent work
Amazing image capture hugs Kathy
Beautiful!! :o )
This is excellent. I tried the auto focus on my camera with hummers too and it was a failure. The manual focus was better but it took more time to set up my shot and get a focus lock...still the quality of the shot was better. I also used the sports mode on mine to even further hone in on a still shot. This is an excellent shot! I have two different sorts of hummers... Anna's hummingbird and the Ruby Throated hummingbird.
I adore them. This is wonderful!!!
Wonderful shot, well done. Always wanted to capture one of these, together with a King Fisher - both beautiful birds but diffcult to find!
{@}>---Hello my dear friend,Excellent work.Wonderful photo.A million stars from my ***************Thanks you very much.Happy day, Hug and kiss in Your heart. Luminous blesing.Ludy<---<---@
BEAUTIFUL IMAGE !!!!! Felicidades !!!!;)
A wonderful capture, Maria. Such a beautiful bird, I long to see one in real.. Hugs. Diane.
Beautiful shot!
So beautiful ! Good day :)
A wonderful capture. Your postwork looks fine. A beautiful hummingbird.
Oooh, oooh, oooh, a one in a trillion shot, dear CavLady! Fantastic POV in this capture of the elusive bird in flight, with wings flapping at faster-than-light speed, not to mention the fine clarity, soft lighting and textures of the tiny avian. Just terrific.
Impressive! Excellent timing and results
Excellent !
Amazing capture. Colors and depth of field are beautiful. Excellent.
He sure looks handsome to me!
Awesome capture of this guy...I've only seen one of them in my garden all year! Congrats!!!
This is stunning, Maria! You do awesome work with capturing birds! The postwork is wonderful, too! :^)
Impressive shot! Technically difficult to do.
A wonderful capture,there is a calming effect to this image, Well Done!
A lovely shot. I would love to see a real humming bird, you are lucky to have them in your garden. They look so cute.
Excellent capture, I love to watch my hummers fighting over the feeder great backward entertainment.
Oh I just love hummingbirds! This is a wonderful capture! You say it's not quite there yet but it sure looks perfect to me!! :-) Excellent!!
Great timing and capture. Fine details are visible and the feet are just amazing. I seldom use auto focus on my little pocket Nikon for the exact reasons you mentioned - too slow and sometimes unable to lock on the subject, especially in high contrast situations such as spiders on a web and silhouetted against a sky or humming birds/Dragonflies, etc hovering. This is a pretty dang nice shot of a beautiful little flying critter. Thanks for sharing. Lee
Wonderful!!!
Just one word ...SPLENDID capture !
Fantastic shot! I have never been lucky enough to see a real hummingbird.
Congratulations on an excellent shot!
I've been trying to get a shot like this for months. Nice one