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 | | Photo by Glynn Wilson | | Could this be a female ruby-throated hummingbird (archilochus colubris)? I got this shot with the Nikon D50 on a tripod using the digital remote designed for self-portraits and group shots. It works for bird photos as well, although you have to be in front of the camera, not behind it. Key to a shot like this is a strobe (flash), which is necessary to stop the action of the tiny, fast-moving wings. I was shooting at a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second, with the built in flash on the lowest output setting so as not to wash the thing out with too much light. |
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To be sure about this species identification, I e-mailed humming bird expert Bob Sargent, who lives near here in Clay, Alabama.
"Is this a young female ruby-throated hummingbird?"
His reply?
"Looks like the real thing to me. Yes."
Bob
Posted by: fast2write | May 9, 2006 07:47 PM