Al Hansen
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Seems like just after early teal season is over and before the nights start getting too cold, all the hummers leave for Mexico. Then duck season starts and so much is going on that time seems to fly. I always look forward to the beginning of April when the little tykes come back.
I had about a half hour window to take my pics this morning before my wife woke up. The sun was just getting into that position where the light is good and you hope for the best. I must apologize for the lack of a good background. I have a better chance of that happening during the evening time when it is setting. Then I can be shooting with the apple tree in the background which beats the heck out of the side of our home.
There were about a half dozen of these little guys hovering around the feeder and I tried to make the best of it.
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Moon shot!
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Maybe once in several hundreds of shots will you get lucky enough to catch the light shining on the gorget. One of the ways to get a female's attention when courting.
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I began looking at this male and couldn't quite put my finger on why it was different.
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I thought this male might have a missing tail feather.
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Then I finally saw shaft and the pure white feather. Very unusual for this to happen.
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It is amazing how quickly light can change. These last three shots reminded me of that beautiful drake mallard "sarge"captured recently. Same thing happened here.
By the way, I was shooting at 1/3200ths of a second, ISO 400 at f4.5
Al
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I had about a half hour window to take my pics this morning before my wife woke up. The sun was just getting into that position where the light is good and you hope for the best. I must apologize for the lack of a good background. I have a better chance of that happening during the evening time when it is setting. Then I can be shooting with the apple tree in the background which beats the heck out of the side of our home.
There were about a half dozen of these little guys hovering around the feeder and I tried to make the best of it.
Moon shot!
Maybe once in several hundreds of shots will you get lucky enough to catch the light shining on the gorget. One of the ways to get a female's attention when courting.
I began looking at this male and couldn't quite put my finger on why it was different.
I thought this male might have a missing tail feather.
Then I finally saw shaft and the pure white feather. Very unusual for this to happen.
It is amazing how quickly light can change. These last three shots reminded me of that beautiful drake mallard "sarge"captured recently. Same thing happened here.
By the way, I was shooting at 1/3200ths of a second, ISO 400 at f4.5
Al