A Perfect Little Lady

Uploaded: August 05, 2008 06:33:38

Description

I was so happy when this little lady ruby throated hummingbird settled down on my hibiscus and let me take her picture.

Taken hand-held with 75-300mm lens at f5.6 1/100 ISO 100 in late afternoon sun.



Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 260.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi

Comments

Renata Gusciora August 05, 2008

Lovely capture,wonderful lighting and tones,Kathy! #974005

Jennifer L. Alder August 05, 2008

Beautiful light and composition! :) #6273636

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic August 05, 2008

Oh my Kathy! She posed so beautifully for you! I'm glad you were there with camera in hand - great job Girl!!!!! #6273654

Melissa Olsen August 05, 2008

Fabulous Kathy...what a great capture. #6273657

Jeanine M. Bailey August 05, 2008

What a great capture Kathy! Great composition!! #6273661

Margaret R. Barry August 05, 2008

And what a little beauty she is! Fantastic capture, Kathy! #6273687

May K. Vokaty August 05, 2008

What a fantastic capture of this beautiful little lady! #6273753

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe August 05, 2008

Fantastic capture Kathy!! Jeff #6274024

Barbara E. Sturgis August 05, 2008

WOW Kathy beautiful image!!!Barb. #6274150

Liz blahh August 05, 2008

Beautiful! #6274156

JO ANN CLEVELAND August 05, 2008

How lucky to get one still long enough to get this fantastic image.
Bet we see this again, Perfect Kathy!

jo ann c. #6274439

Mary Beth Aiello level-classic August 05, 2008

Fabulous capture, Kathy. Perfect timing -- and the pose is fabulous. Great job. #6274871

Nancy L. Green level-classic August 05, 2008

Perfect timing on this wonderful capture Kathy, I bet she comes back when it opens!! <>< #6275113

Sherry Sturgis August 05, 2008

Magnificent!!! #6275190

Nina Shields August 05, 2008

Kathy, this is beautiful; I've never seen one hold this still; she's quite the poser and you certaily made the most of it; outstanding work! #6275555

Shirley A. Kinney August 05, 2008

Kathy, this is a definite WOW image. Great capture. #6275623

Tammy Espino August 05, 2008

awwwwwwww a hummer~ Awesome capture. I can't have flowers for them they all die and I have given them different hummer food. Little buggers made me go back to just sugar water..lol #6276038

Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 05, 2008

Well, are'nt you the lucky one, this is absoluty beautiful, the "PERFECT POSE"
Awsome capture Kathy, looks like a winner to me! #6276167

Vladan D. Djordjevic August 05, 2008

Wow, fantastic image taken with terrific lighting, colors, details and composition. Lovely bird! #6276433

Bill Knaps August 05, 2008

Wow Kathy this is so beautiful. Great shot. Bill #6276691

Agnes Fegan level-deluxe August 06, 2008

So pretty...perfect timing....and a steady hand!!! #6277832

Anita Hogue August 06, 2008

WOW, this is absolutely fabulous, Kathy! We have so many around here but they are so hard to get on flowers. Lucky you!!!! #6278021

Karen Walzer August 06, 2008

Very cool gallery! #6278463

MELODIE C. ROBERTS August 06, 2008

WooooooooooooooooooW #6280387

Eugenio Diaz August 06, 2008

Now this is truly a masterpiece! Wonderful capture!
Nicely done! A very delicate beauty to this one! #6281523

Stephen Zacker August 07, 2008

Super capture. Like the simplicity #6282440

Amanda O. Cannon August 07, 2008

Shes beautiful....Great capture. Nice details and she looks as if she is posing, because she knows how beautiful shes is #6283036

Corinne M. Thompson August 07, 2008

Great capture Kathy! #6283668

M.Christine Duncan August 07, 2008

How beautiful!!!! I love how she's posed, wonderful details... wow Kathy, this one we will see again! Bless ya! #6284772

Z. Banu August 08, 2008

Amazing Capture!!!!!!!!Excellent image well done Kathy good work. #6287017

Eivor Kuchta August 09, 2008

What a nice pose! This is so wonderful! #6292795

Sherry McClead August 28, 2008

WOW!!! I havce tried to catch these little guys... not easy! Congrats on the EP too!
Sherrybear :} #6380497

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