Photographing ruby throats last year was painful slow. This years activity is slightly better.
I am having some blotching on backgrounds which graduate from black to dark green to medium green when converted for web viewing. Those images printed from TIFF in 16"x20" or 16"x24" do not show the same flaws.
I'm honored Ted. Killer sharpness,colors and BGD's. I really like #21, although I might clone out the top clipped flower and the bottom clipped leaf off of the stem. I like the pose and look over in that one.
a wonderful set here. #9's background is a bit busy and while good image, it does not stand up to the others in this thread which are stunners.
Morris
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birdied wrote:
Wonderful work as always Ted !!
Birdie
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Herb Houghton wrote: I'm honored Ted. Killer sharpness,colors and BGD's. I really like #21, although I might clone out the top clipped flower and the bottom clipped leaf off of the stem. I like the pose and look over in that one.
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Karl Witt wrote:
The last reminds me of the wings of an Angel No, not a Victoria's Secret Angel
Holy smokes UT, there are some really sweet looks here, difficult to pick but 1,3, 11 and the last because different is good
First and foremost, these are some of the best images I've seen of this amazing little bird. Granted the only people who probably view this thread are enthusiasts, that try and get images of them all the time.
But heres a view from someone fairly new to photographing birds in general, and I only saw my first one of these 2 years ago. I can't believe how small they are, which makes any image of them pretty impressive. I tried to photograph them over the weekend, which makes me appreciate these images even more, Just to catch that ruby color is a feat in itself, off axis it almost seems to literally disappear. Then theres the speed, its almost as if they beam in and out at will, and this was at a feeder, where I would much rather shoot them at a flower such as represented here.
Just seeing them at all seems to be quite a chore, especially If they happen to be in the shade. I was sitting no more than 10 or 15 feet away from a feeder waiting for them to show, when panning around with my 100-400, I happen to notice when sitting on a branch about 8 feet away, of course in shade, and had there eyes closed, I can only assume resting.Never even knew it was there.
Again and I hope you never grow tired of hearing it, amazing images !
