A friend has a hummingbird feeder outside on his patio (cheers Matt!) and these little guys are darting in and out like mini missiles. Wings beating 60 - 80 times a second! At a shutter speed of 1/1600th of a second, his wings are still blurred!
They seem to be very territorial too, chasing off other hummers and swwoping really close to humans too!!
I think this species is Anna's Hummingbird but I could be wrong, I don't know much about birds.
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jan-willem wolf 67 months ago | reply
You did very well! I think that it is very dificult to put these little birds on film!
KurtFML 67 months ago | reply
Very nice bird.
ewan13 [deleted] 67 months ago | reply
A classical shot! I tried it so often but never was lucky. Wonderful Job!
werxj 67 months ago | reply
beautiful capture of a lovely bird!
Allykazam the pokemon 67 months ago | reply
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Sundogg 67 months ago | reply
I Agree with everybody, awesome photograph
Alex Merenkov photography 67 months ago | reply
ok you win... i cant pull off a picture of a humming bird that looks this good those suckers can move
dan [durango99] 67 months ago | reply
love it! super sharp and wonderful capture here...
raemin 67 months ago | reply
What a cute capture!
schnetler75 67 months ago | reply
superb capture!!
randi_yeates 67 months ago | reply
Amazing cathc! I still have yet to see one, let alone capture the creatures! Wonderful work ,as always.
jappanina 67 months ago | reply
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SolsticeSol 67 months ago | reply
What an amazing and very serene moment.. Wow.. :-)
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OddBall7 67 months ago | reply
Wow, good shot!
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Erin Branham 64 months ago | reply
Oh. my. gosh. That is AMAZING! Congrats on even getting the whole thing in the frame!
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redsharm1@yahoo.com 64 months ago | reply
Wonderful capture. I love hummers for their beauty as well as their unique defensive system. Just a beautiful photo.
Photon-Net 52 months ago | reply
Nice Capture! I'm still trying to get one of these myself. Ours in Wisconsin are not so agressive and fly off at the slightest move so capturing one is a real challenge.
Nick Chill Photography 51 months ago | reply
What a beautiful San Diego bird.
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Trailmix.Net 47 months ago | reply
amazing shot - thanks for posting this under cc license.
I wanted to let you know that I used this photo in a blog post about the upcoming hummingbird celebration at the Kern River Nature Preserve (CA). Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns...
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