Colorado At The Speed Of Life
Friends of a Feather
Posted by Dornbrau (Colorado Springs, United States) on 12 April 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
The shrill tinkle of humming birds fill the early evening air around a nectar pot. As swift as they are tiny, the petite birds flit around like little fairies in the sky.
* Beaver Creek, Colorado
Still from France
A superb and colourful image. The silhouettes of the birds are beautiful!
12 Apr 2007 10:49am
badala from Leiria, Portugal
An elegant work on these silhouettes! Beautiful colors.
12 Apr 2007 12:01pm
Fallenargo from North Bay, Canada
Wonderful capture of the birds. They never stay still for very long. I especially like the translucent wing of the bird in the middle.
12 Apr 2007 1:58pm
@Fallenargo: That was a bonus find for me when I downloaded the pictures. The majority of the pictures I shot that day of the birds were all translucent because they were moving so fast.
JackGirl from dreamland, Brazil
Oh..that's a winner photo...so perfect ...I love it....
12 Apr 2007 2:20pm
Rui Borges from Sintra, Portugal
Give us the secret to be always in the right place at the right time...
Stunningly stunning!
12 Apr 2007 2:28pm
@Rui Borges: Thank you. The secret is patience! I shot dozens of shots, most of which were too blurry to save. This was one of the few that were even halfway decent.
Jen from Jessup, United States
Outstanding image! Those little birds are so quick and you captured them perfectly...not to mention the gorgeous sky behind them...overall composition is fabulous!!
12 Apr 2007 2:40pm
@Jen: I wish I could take credit for the colors of the sky, but that was all Mother Nature's doing.
Srinivas Koduri from Wheeling, IL, United States
Fantastic silhouette, the background is amazing, vibrant. how lovely, brilliant !!! 2 thumbs up.
12 Apr 2007 3:54pm
Shuva from Hyderabad, India
Ha! These the the pictures I like to take, the moment of time captured permanently.
12 Apr 2007 4:05pm
Rui Borges from Sintra, Portugal
I would have to be the most patient man in the world if I expected to see humming birds around here... ;-)
12 Apr 2007 4:09pm
Brittney from Utah, United States
The colors and lighting are beautiful. Those hummingbirds make great silhouettes. I'm sure they were somewhat difficult to capture!
12 Apr 2007 5:02pm
Imarchi from Madrid, Spain
sweet, beautiful, recalling. These are colibries in Spanish!
12 Apr 2007 5:13pm
Behrooz from Tehran, Iran
Magnificent shot! I love that 1/1600 second and still that blur on the wings. Oh my, how fast are they!?
12 Apr 2007 5:23pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Gorgeous capture, love your approach. I like the evening sky, and I can feel myself there, listening to the hum of wingbeats, a great shot.
12 Apr 2007 10:16pm
Stephanie from Hesperia, United States
Beautiful photograph! So stunning and breathtaking. Great moment and awesome capture!
13 Apr 2007 1:04am
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
can't say more cos i m just a layman when it comes to photography...thanks for leaving your comments at my photoblog!
13 Apr 2007 2:43am
Art Monkey from Salt Spring Island, Canada
so beautiful - I love the light through their wings :) - it's funny because today I spent about 1/2 by the hummingbird feeder -waiting - the hummingbird would come - I would try to focus - and then it would fly away - before I could press the button - then I got cold - and went inside - hopefully you will see something soon - hopefully it will be as beautiful as yours :)
13 Apr 2007 5:00am
Nikon D70
1/1600 second
F/4.5
105 mm (35mm equiv.)