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  1. 07-06-2004, 11:27 AM #1
    natatbeach
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    Paul--- thought of you

    sorry that's as close as I could get without them whizzing away and not getting my camera wet...i was about 8 ft away under a canopy in pouring(semi) rain plus it was a manual focus(can we say blind)

    anyway a tight crop same image....
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  2. 07-06-2004, 11:29 AM #2
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    Wink Not Bad Nat

    Quote Originally Posted by natatbeach
    sorry that's as close as I could get without them whizzing away and not getting my camera wet...i was about 8 ft away under a canopy in pouring(semi) rain

    Not bad at all!!!!

    Looks like a ruby throated hummingbird (but what do I know? Birds aren't my thing). Gorgeous colors. D70, of course? What lens?
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  3. 07-06-2004, 11:32 AM #3
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    105 mm

    that my sisi sent...these birds my father in laws babies...
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  4. 07-07-2004, 09:45 AM #4
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    speed.........

    yes it is a RUBY-THROATED hummingbird( and a MALE) ...... hard to believe huh, since it's the only INDIGINOUS hummingbird in the EASTERN HALF of the US ;) hahaha "you think you know birds? Paul knows birds"

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    just so you know in the future..... "pet" hummingbirds are very aproachable with patience and stealth stand very still and one may even fill the frame on that 105
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