Hummer Personal Best

bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
edited August 13, 2008 in Wildlife
So far this is the one

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  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,510 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    Definitely fantastic!

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  • eyeguyeyeguy Registered Users Posts: 169 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    Great Hummer
    Great Hummer I bet it gets better gas milage then the four wheeled kind.rolleyes1.gif
    How did you get this photo ? headscratch.gif
    Dean
    bfjr wrote:
    So far this is the one

    342304798_DHLzq-X3.jpg
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  • jsmileyjsmiley Registered Users Posts: 222 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    Fantastic Photo!!clap.gif Definitely (A1)thumb.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    Perfect seperation, Ben! thumb.gif

    Very 3D...terrific.:D
  • cj99sicj99si Registered Users Posts: 880 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    nice work!
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    woohoo great one :D
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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    Congratulations ... Excellent capture.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    Cuong wrote:
    Definitely fantastic!

    Cuong

    Thanks so much
    Hey your a LA Shooter, Cool thumb.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    eyeguy wrote:
    Great Hummer I bet it gets better gas milage then the four wheeled kind.rolleyes1.gif
    How did you get this photo ? headscratch.gif
    Dean

    Really appreciate your comment and interest, Thanks

    I am lucky to have flora that attracks hummers in my Bckyrd
    Spent alot of time watching their movements
    Take many shots, throw 99% away :D

    Equipment for this shot
    D2Hs - still the cats meow in my book thumb.gif
    300 f2.8 AFS
    TC17e2
    1 sb800 on camera commander w/homemade BB card
    2 sb800 remote somewhere camera left w/homemade BB card

    shot is handheld. I tried with mono but I'm quicker without it,
    especially when it come to flight shots.

    Oh yeah almost forgot:

    Whole Mtn worth of praying & patience rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
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  • jpljpl Registered Users Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    This shot is amazing.
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    I donno Ben maybe if it's wings were down & not up...:D


    nahhh.....it's a sweet shot bowdown.gif
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  • CameronCameron Registered Users Posts: 745 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    Wow! Fabulous color, great sense of movement - wings slightly blurred but the rest of the bird is nice and sharp. I like the composition and the lack of distracting background elements. This is one to be proud of!
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    It's amazing when we capture what we think will be a pinnacle shot or image. You, my friend, have done just that! Congrats on a superb photograph!
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  • eyeguyeyeguy Registered Users Posts: 169 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    This a great 1%
    Thanks for the info
    This makes up for the 99% that are not as great as this one:ivar
    Dean
    bfjr wrote:
    Really appreciate your comment and interest, Thanks

    I am lucky to have flora that attracks hummers in my Bckyrd
    Spent alot of time watching their movements
    Take many shots, throw 99% away :D

    Equipment for this shot
    D2Hs - still the cats meow in my book thumb.gif
    300 f2.8 AFS
    TC17e2
    1 sb800 on camera commander w/homemade BB card
    2 sb800 remote somewhere camera left w/homemade BB card

    shot is handheld. I tried with mono but I'm quicker without it,
    especially when it come to flight shots.

    Oh yeah almost forgot:

    Whole Mtn worth of praying & patience rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
    Dat's Photography
    http://www.datsphotography.ca
  • shoepickshoepick Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
    edited July 31, 2008
    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Beautiful, Ben!! thumb.gif
  • jeff lapointjeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2008
    :jawdrop

    Wow. One of the best I've seen. Period. Needs to be printed and framed...

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2008
    jsmiley wrote:
    Fantastic Photo!!clap.gif Definitely (A1)thumb.gif

    Thanks John
    Glad you took some time to comment :D
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2008
    Nice shot Ben, but your Ho Hum shots were pretty awesome as well clap.gif
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  • summerzsummerz Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2008
    have I told this story before?????
    Excellent.bowdown.gif
    Had a funny thing happen about 6 weeks ago, was removing a dead bare branch that had fallen during a storm, and I'm about to toss it out of the yard, a Hummer landed on it lol!
    Just sat there for a time..kinda different.

    It's a war zone on our back porch(I love this time of year lol)iloveyou.gif
    Have even had my hair fluffed by the rather frequent close flyby's.:ivar

    Do I have any good pics of them?? Not yet sadly.
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2008
    Very good Ben. I love the color and the comp.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Perfect seperation, Ben! thumb.gif

    Very 3D...terrific.:D

    Thanks so much Ric
    Here's one from a moment before the top shot
    Not as dynamic, missing the eye ne_nau.gif

    342845459_3NVte-X3.jpg

    Well ya didn't think I only had one rolleyes1.gif
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  • Howard BarlowHoward Barlow Registered Users Posts: 118 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2008
    Wow! Again, I say, Wow!
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2008
    cj99si wrote:
    nice work!

    Thank You thumb.gif
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  • nrmdisknrmdisk Registered Users Posts: 182 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2008
    Simply beautiful!
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  • WomanWithACameraWomanWithACamera Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2008
    Beautiful shots! The detail is fantastic.clap.gif
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  • coscorrosacoscorrosa Registered Users Posts: 2,284 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2008
    Excellent shot, it's one thing to get a great shot of a hummer, but everything else in the photo is also excellent (colors, flowers, lighting, etc.). Very nicely done!
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2008
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    woohoo great one :D

    Thanks Awais

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    I hate Computers :mad :cry rolleyes1.gif

    So sorry if my responses are slow
    and also no new goodies from me (and I had a few :cry) till
    I fix the Stupid Box rolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2008
    Outstanding capture Ben. clap.gif
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2008
    hey Ben...is that lantana flowers??

    I have some in the front but mine will die off in the winter
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2008
    bhowdy wrote:
    Congratulations ... Excellent capture.

    Yeah it was my last excellent capture, before the you know what hit the you
    know who eek7.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
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