First, I apologize for posting a lot of pictures in this thread. I wanted to share (to me) some interesting and unique poses of the anna's.

Here are some relaxed photos of the anna's stretching, and scratching

#1 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/5.6 400 mm ISO 3200]



#2 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/5.6 400 mm ISO 2500]



#3 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/5.6 400 mm ISO 2500]



#4 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.3 400 mm ISO 3200]



#5 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.3 400 mm ISO 2500]


#6 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/5.6 400 mm ISO 3200]



#7 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.3 400 mm ISO 1600]



#8 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.3 400 mm ISO 1600]



#9 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.3 400 mm ISO 1600]



#10 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/5.6 400 mm ISO 2000]



#11 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.3 400 mm ISO 2000]



#12 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.3 400 mm ISO 1000]



#13 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/6.5 400 mm ISO 1600]



#14 [Canon 7D 0.002 sec (1/500) f/5.6 400 mm ISO 1000]

Wow, simply stunning shots of a hummingbird! Beautiful colouring under the chin and lovel;y and sharp.

It is rare you get to see a hummingbird at rest.

A very nice set with great sharpness, but they all appear to be slightly underexposed on my monitor ~ Ron

Great poses and detail...

Mark

Excellent behavioural series! Nice work.
Douglas

Good morning Jodelak,
Your photos are "super"! The Anna's are so pretty. I would love to capture all the different kinds of hummers!
I love when I see my Ruby-Throated on a twig just sitting so quietly.
My favorite is number 9 when he is all fluffed up.. So cute!
Thanks for sharing!

Lovely set. Great perch on the last group (and I like these the best overall too), with just a bit of green to help break up the grey.

Very well done!

Ron

Very well done Jodelak!! These can be a blast to shoot when they get to stretching and preening. Looks like you had a lot of fun photographing this fabulous set

Tim

Hummingbirds are fun to shoot. I have since 2007. I am impressed with your high ISO slow shutter speeds HUMMERS. The last 8 or so are underexposed for my personal taste. An ISO of 3200 probably would have yielded optimal SS for the last 8 or so. Keep posting your hummers!

You certainly captured some wonderful positions !!! Great set.

Birdie

it's a very nice set

Lance B wrote:
Wow, simply stunning shots of a hummingbird! Beautiful colouring under the chin and lovel;y and sharp.

It is rare you get to see a hummingbird at rest.

Thanks for the kind words Lance.

surfnron wrote:
A very nice set with great sharpness, but they all appear to be slightly underexposed on my monitor ~ Ron

Thanks Ron, it does look a bit underexposed, my bad. I usually check the results after I load my pics in Flickt, this time I was a bit too tired already.

Mark Cronin wrote:
Great poses and detail...

Mark

Thanks for looking and leaving kind comments Mark.

douter wrote:
Excellent behavioural series! Nice work.
Douglas

Thanks Douglas, appreciate the kind words

BeeBalm wrote:
Good morning Jodelak,
Your photos are "super"! The Anna's are so pretty. I would love to capture all the different kinds of hummers!
I love when I see my Ruby-Throated on a twig just sitting so quietly.
My favorite is number 9 when he is all fluffed up.. So cute!
Thanks for sharing!

Good evening BeeBalm, I'm glad you enjoyed this series.

KCollett wrote:
Lovely set. Great perch on the last group (and I like these the best overall too), with just a bit of green to help break up the grey.

Thanks Ken, those were from the 2nd set and it was really pouring rain when I took those pics. I wrapped my gear with heavy plastic and then covered it with a mossy oak blind that's why the anna's did not mind me at all

ront wrote:
Very well done!

Ron

Thanks Ron

Tim Kuhn wrote:
Very well done Jodelak!! These can be a blast to shoot when they get to stretching and preening. Looks like you had a lot of fun photographing this fabulous set

Tim

Its a lot of fun, but it was damn so cold also (2nd set was raining very hard). I was hoping that the anna's will perch on a branch that is under the rain so I can get some water action also Thanks for looking and appreciating this series Tim

Ted ellis wrote:
Hummingbirds are fun to shoot. I have since 2007. I am impressed with your high ISO slow shutter speeds HUMMERS. The last 8 or so are underexposed for my personal taste. An ISO of 3200 probably would have yielded optimal SS for the
last 8 or so. Keep posting your hummers!

Thanks Ted, I do agree that the last 8 was underexpose. Its actually a weakness of mine, hopefully I can perfect it soon .

birdied wrote:
You certainly captured some wonderful positions !!! Great set.

Birdie

Thanks so much for looking and commenting Birdie

kmunroe wrote:
it's a very nice set

Thanks Ken!

Very nice set, a pleasure to view and a welcome change from the in flight shots.

Jim

blueimage wrote:
Very nice set, a pleasure to view and a welcome change from the in flight shots.

Jim

Thanks for the kind words Jim

Terrific poses and captures here!

Jim

Your Anna's photos are really special, you might want to increase the brightness of each photo a bit.

Larry

Great collection
Some super poses

Howard

3 6 and 12 are my picks.

Morris