Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Hummer No. 1


FEMALE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, GREEN, MICHIGAN, MAY 25, 2010

Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/180 sec. f9.5 with on-board flash
ISO 400

There's a hummingbird feeder just outside our front window, and during a dark thunderstorm yesterday afternoon a female hummer came along and posed prettily just long enough for me to get into position with my rig before the bird dashed back into the woods.

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