Week 28: Female hummingbird with two babies in nestA good friend and co-worker came to work very excited to inform me he had a hummingbird nest in his yard,  He found it while mowing and the mom was not happy with him mowing under her tree.  He kept me informed every day the babies hatched this week.  So I grabbed my gear and headed to his house.  Pretty easy to get decent photos of the babies in the nest but the mom would not come into the nest with me in the yard,  I ended up having to shoot this while sitting in my car at over 60 feet away. Thus this is a SUPER heavy crop.  I would guess over 80%.  I am always amazed at just how good my Canon gear is.  

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Week 27: Hummingbirds in my Backyard

I really thought this week would be fireworks, but was just too lazy to get out the tripod and do them right.  I am struggling to finish this 52 week project.  So that I don’t get lazy and reuse other photos from this week, here is the rest of this week’s hummers.

I have another lead on a hummingbird nest with two eggs!

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Week 26: Male Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Finally caught up with a male hummingbird.  It is a Black-chinned.  Shot pretty late in the evening and crazy high ISO 12,800.  The noise reduction filter killed the details.  Wing blur at 1/4000th.

I’m on vacation this week so hopefully I can catch a full frame wall hang of a Ruby-Throated Male, or at least some fireworks.

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