Hummingbird Carrying a Diamond in her Feet while hovering above fountain

Guest - Jun 19, 2007 12:48 AM EDT
thankyou Golda for the nice comments, appreciated. glad you like it. And know what you mean, re the fierce determination in their eyes, as was just thinking along those same lines yesterday when viewing images of them.

Guest - Jun 18, 2007 05:36 PM EDT
Now that I have attempted to capture these little ones,I marvel at their fierce determination that is visible in the eyes.This is a great shot Alandra!!!

Guest - Jun 18, 2007 04:06 AM EDT
happy you like it, Tania, it is unusual and am quite happy with it.

Guest - Jun 18, 2007 04:05 AM EDT
Hi Alex, thankyou. You have a good point there, or question. I don't know the answer :) The only thing I do know, is that I have the camera set to the same setting for all the "bird shots", (sports setting) and some of the images show the hummers' wings "stopped" while other images don't. Infact, some images show one wing stopped and the other wing is not visible. So it seems that this depends on which way the hummers are rotating their wings at the time their image is captured. Another strange thing is that on one of my images sent in today of the hummer at the gazing ball, -- the reflection of the hummer in the ball shows both wings stopped, whereas the actual hummer image (beside the ball) shows one wing "stopped", but the other wing is not visible. Now how does a person explain that one? :)

Guest - Jun 18, 2007 03:16 AM EDT
Fantastic colours shapes etc I love it

Guest - Jun 18, 2007 03:08 AM EDT
Another nice one, Alandra. I wonder how fast that shutter speed would have to be to capture it's wings in stopped motion.

Guest - Jun 17, 2007 08:14 PM EDT
Beautiful photo Alandra... Great colors and action. Sure shows how fast there wings are going with your shutter speed stopping the water drops but not the hummers wings.