Cover-up * 10th by Michael Shealy by ctfchallenge

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10-AUG-2006	Michael Shealy

Female Broadtail Hummingbird flies for the nectar.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/800s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso200 hide exif

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ctfchallenge		09-Mar-2007 23:01
Thanks for the kind words, RK & Techo. Haha, I musta taken 50 pix in about an hour, on this day. Lucky timing, it is. All the rest of the shots had the wings as a blur, but because this is where the wing stops for a millisecond, the shutter could "stop" the movement. I've discovered that to stop the wing in mid-stroke the shutter needs to be at 1/2500s or faster. Whew, those little rascals are fast! Cheers, -mikey

ctfchallenge		07-Mar-2007 04:39
I was thinking the exact same thing as RK. A speeding bullet , exactly :) Really nice timing! -Techo

Photogenix		02-Mar-2007 02:19
Good one Michael...looks like a speeding bullet. - RK

ctfchallenge		01-Mar-2007 20:33
Thanks for the comments, guys. Jammy - I did have problems with ants until I strung lite weight mono-filament fishing line between two points with a loop in the center. I then hung the feeder from the loop. The ants don't walk the mono-filament line. They do come to the drips on the ground, tho. You might want to get a feeder with "bee guards" (like a little grid basket), as well. Our bees mob our HB feeders if we don't have guards in place. Cheers, -mikey

ctfchallenge		01-Mar-2007 19:56
Michael, wow!! This shot is awesome, love the composition and you captured it in flight so well... Question here, do you find that ants come to the nectar feeder too or just the hummingbirds? I'm thinking of getting one. - Jamdiver

Rod		01-Mar-2007 19:50
Gawd this looks good, I love the shape of the bird.

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