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Collection: 2008-08 30 Days of Flowers
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm F/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Aug 27, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Floral, Birds
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2008

Viewed: 310
Comments: 13
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 Day 27 of 30 Flowers

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this guy!!! And then wanted to lop off major portions of the bush so I could get a clear shot at him ;-) As soon as I moved slightly to try and get a better angle he was gone. ARRRGGGGH!!

I could try to clone in the bits of the bird hidden by the leaves, but I'm not going to. I'm sure we've all had shots like this!

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, reduced gamma, increased contrast, reduced noise, added border, resized, sharpened with noise reduction.

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 08/29/2008 12:20:57 AM
This is a stunner, that's for sure.
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 08/28/2008 02:34:51 PM
Amazing.. I agree don't do anything to this picture, I love it the way it is.
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 08/28/2008 10:33:19 AM
Now i would die for this shot.. How lucky can one be..
I love it..
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 08/28/2008 07:04:06 AM
wow..very nice!
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 08/27/2008 11:26:07 PM
I could try 1M times & never get one as good as this. I admire the bright eye & the feeling of early evening this evokes. They do stay out kind of late.
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 08/27/2008 11:24:21 PM
Don't do a thing to this shot. It is those leaves that make it such a natural capture. Attention is on the bird at the flower. Enough said.

Congrats on making the front page. Recognized it immediately!

Message edited by author 2008-08-27 23:25:22.
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 08/27/2008 07:35:39 PM
I love looking at your shots Mary! Every one of them is amazing! :)
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 08/27/2008 07:03:31 PM
Wow, how cool!!! I've never seen a hummingbird in real life before, I'd be very excited to get a photo like this.
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 08/27/2008 06:51:10 PM
Mother Nature had you going didn't she? I have pulled off leaves, blades of grass, etc, but with a hummingbird, that isn't possible.
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 08/27/2008 06:12:32 PM
Really nice , Mary- I like the naturalness :)
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 08/27/2008 04:32:09 PM
Great shot, beautifully captured
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 08/27/2008 04:00:59 PM
Don't worry about the leaves. I think they give a great natural framing to the shot. Well done!
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 08/27/2008 01:18:25 PM
Very nice. It's kind of dramatic with a partial view of the hummingbird. I know it's not easy to get them in the shot. I was chasing butterflies and hummingbirds around my yard yesterday without any decent results. I put up a feeder, but they seem to prefer flowers.
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