First hummingbird of the season

Greetings,

We've had frost warnings up until the night before last so I waited until yesterday to hang the feeder.

Cloudy and rainy all day but I Had To Shoot One :D

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Cheers, Don

I am in awe of anyone who can shoot hummingbirds. Lovely shot.

HEY DON, thats' a great photo, just awesome ,its as good as i ever seen in flight, thanks for sharing.............Outdoorsman11

Great shot Don, a beautiful little bird too.

Great job Don!

Thanks for the comments.

I'm looking forward to better weather and faster speeds :)

Cheers, Don

A little better lighting today...

Both were shot with the 50-200 + ec 14, first image at iso 400 and second one at iso 200. The second one looks even "noisier" than the first ???

For the next series I'm going to removed the ec 14 and see how that looks, it does have a reputation for crazy bokeh on the 50-200 :D

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. . . nice captures Don, fun to shoot and good to see they are back ! :thumbsup:

It's difficult to not shoot them when they are flying about :p

Thanks for sharing.

I know, sigh.... even when it's past good light :D

Just for fun, 1/2000, iso 1600 and converted to B & W...

"The Blur"

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Managed 1/1600 today and still not enough to freeze the wings :D

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