"Snappy" Hovergirl

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• jaycee (14987)
• [2008-06-19 18:45]

Hi Howard,

Hooray - you got your Hummingbird. Snappy and the Snapdragon are both beautiful. You froze her perfectly as she hovered over the pretty flower. Superb details, wonderful colors, fantastic background. I love the position she is in with the raised tail. You have given me something to strive for.

Jane

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• rcrick (3730)
• [2008-06-19 20:11]

Wow Howard,

What a stunner just superb detail, the colours are amazing, and even with a speed of 1/2500 and a fill flash the wings are nicely blurred, just goes to show how fast there little wings must be moving, an absolute stunner,

Cheers Rick :)

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• Art_R (1975)
• [2008-06-19 20:26]

Hi Howard , wow great camera work , I only wish that I could pull something like this out of my hat :-)

great detail color and composition , amazing stop action shot , great stuff , thanks for sharing.
regards
Art

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• vanderschelden (26614)
• [2008-06-19 20:26]

Hello Howard,
It is fun:).
Snappy fills my desktop with delight:-)
Ciaoo
Annick

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• manyee (19714)
• [2008-06-19 21:38]

Hi Howard,
I love this girl. : )
Such a cute pose with her little bottom up. : )
Reminds me of one of those little cherubs in those Italian paintings,
except it is a bird version.
The bright colors of the flower really anchor the image.
Beautiful BG too.
TFS. : )

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• Jamesp (14380)
• [2008-06-19 22:35]

Hi Howard

Excellent technique once again. Wonderful pose, isolation and focus. Excellent work.

James

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• scshekar (192)
• [2008-06-19 22:36]

HI Howard,

This is very nice picture, it has been captured well. TFS.

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• uleko (23564)
• [2008-06-19 22:52]

Hello Howard,
Lovely capture of this little Hummer on its way to the Snapdragon. I like the diagonals of its beak and tail being perfectly in tune!
A fine frozen moment showing sharp details and beautiful colours against the smooth brown background.
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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• boreocypriensis (12716)
• [2008-06-20 0:22]
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Hi Howard,
Superb shot of this Hummingbird in-flight and feeding on snapdragon flower nectar. Perfect composition my friend with subepb OFF BG. TFS.
Cheers,

Bayram

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• Royaldevon (3278)
• [2008-06-20 0:31]

Oh, Howard! This is fabulous! You have captured both bird and food source perfectly.
Wonderful details of the little humming birs with it legs neatly tucked up!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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• betsie (0)
• [2008-06-20 0:32]

Hi Howard
Is'nt she beautiful and dainty?? I like the balance in this photo - perfect!! Have a good day
Regards
Btsie

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• zulfu (585)
• [2008-06-20 0:46]

Superb action shot of this hummingbird Howard! TFS. Regards,
Mehmet

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• nagraj (1338)
• [2008-06-20 0:48]

Hi Howard,
A perfect image of this cute hummingbird and more be beutiful snapdragon flower, both are competeing here for attention. Everything perfect here, congrats for good photographic skills. TFS.
nagraj.v

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• meyerd (3523)
• [2008-06-20 1:08]

Hi Howard,
one of your top-class shots, so difficult to do in the yard and without the benefit of a feeder. Just a wonderful sight , this hovering bird.
Best regards
Dietrich

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• haraprasan (13068)
• [2008-06-20 1:10]

Hi Howard,
Today I was strolling over our terrace. I came across to a tiny bird just like this hummer but the beak was very small. On first I was happy WOW who told there is no humming birds in India. Then suddenly I realised it as an other bird which I have captured in the past. So again I thought of capturing some more shots of it. So I rushed into my room prepared my camera and came back to do some action and lo the model was gone. Lovely composition here with sharp details and excellent timing. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• eng55 (1127)
• [2008-06-20 1:56]

Hi Howard,
Excellent in flight capture.POV,motion blurr on wings,colors,catchlight in eyes,framing and composition are perfect.Very well done!
Thanks for posting.

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• mariki (8401)
• [2008-06-20 4:13]

Hello Howard,

Splendid picture of this hummingbird. Excellent sharpness as usual. Excellent composition. Wonderful light and colours. A perfect picture!
Cheers,
Mariki

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• aido (4046)
• [2008-06-20 4:30]

Hi Howard,
Very good, an unusual angle for the Hummer to be at, they always seem to be pictured more upright. Great detail and love the simple composition with just two elements against a clean and neutral background.
Cheers,
Adrian

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• JPlumb (2837)
• [2008-06-20 5:04]

It's a beautiful composition with excellent stopped action Howard. I like the simplicity seen here with a single flower and the Hummingbird, with both in excellent sharp detail. Capture and placement of the bird with relation to the flower, and in the crop is excellent.

Thanks, John

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• PeterZ (8277)
• [2008-06-20 6:13]

Hello Howard,
What an excellent photo in a superb composition. Great colours and details. Very beautiful OOF BG. Great class!
Regards,
Peter

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• bobcat08 (1341)
• [2008-06-20 7:14]

Hello Howard,

I'm fully agree with the critics from Richard (rcrick)

In one word: AMAZING.

CHAPEAU Howard

Thanks for sharing and TFS BOB

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• sweet_universe (308)
• [2008-06-20 8:02]

Ciao Howard!
Excellent shot.Details are sharp.Colors,blurred BG and genaral quality of photo are perfect.Very well done!
Have a nice weekend...

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• Silvio2006 (23934)
• [2008-06-20 12:49]

Hi Howard, great capture of splendid Hummingbird over a lovely flower, fantastic colors, superb details and excellent sharpness, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

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• angela926 (1882)
• [2008-06-20 13:04]

Hello Howard,
Great capture of this lovely hummingbird, beautiful vivid colors, nice catchlight, excellent shaprness and good depth of field, very nice soft background which shows off the details in the plummage, well done.
TFS
Angela

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• joey (19849)
• [2008-06-20 13:24]

I was waiting for a shot like this :-D
This is truly stunning, Howard!
The pose is fantastic and couldn't be better!
Really sharp and crisp.
Excellent DOF and BG.
Lovely colours.

Very well done!

Joe

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• SelenE (12200)
• [2008-06-20 14:57]

Hi Howard,
It's beautiful :o) TFS
Have a great weekend,
Selen

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• CeltickRanger (7002)
• [2008-06-20 19:48]

hello Howard

excellent in-flight shot of the Hummingbird,
fine POV, excellent focus, the Hummingbird superbly
and the blur of it wing show us how fast he move
his wings on that flight position, the flower is doing
beautiful contrast with the rest of the image
and beautiful catch-light at the eye, TFS

Asbed

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• nglen (20998)
• [2008-06-21 9:23]

Hi Howard. Great inflight sho of the Hummingbird. i love the pose with its lttle feet down.great detail and colours. stands out so well agaist the BG. well done TFS.
Nick

Have a good weekend

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-06-21 21:28]

Hello Howard

Excellent in flight capture.
The pov is terrific.
Wonderful DOF,the OOF BG makes this a stand out.
Well focused with excellent sharpness.
Lovely catchlight.

Rob

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• goldyrs (4704)
• [2008-06-24 19:30]

Sorry Howard, I missed this shot...I wonder how!
This is going into my favs...
Cheers!
Goldy

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• MartinL (1290)
• [2008-06-25 14:57]

Howard,

I missed this shot as it came through the gallery - I was just too busy in the last 3 weeks. In any event, this is a truly outstanding image. The lighting is perfect, background and composition are great - all around it is a shot I can draw my inspirations from. Thanks for posting - your skill is phenomenal.

Best Regards,

Martin

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• Hormon_Manyer (1108)
• [2008-06-25 18:48]

Hi Howard again,
Another beautiful shot of Your 'hummings and flowers' series. And a very good one again. The carpet-alike "empty" bg adds more to the image, great lights, timing and compo.
I bookmark You as one of my favorite photographers - I hope You don't mind. :) Congrats and tfs this superb shot.
Friendly regards, László

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• peter_stoeckl (9369)
• [2008-06-27 23:45]

Dear Howard,
must be a most pleasant relaxing from business as usual to follow humming birds hovering over flowers in your own garden. I really envy you for such a location. Stunning precision achieved by perfectly handled advanced equipment, and a truly artistic, aesthetically very pleasing, highly concentrated result.
Thank you! My best regards,
Peter

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2008-06-29 1:23]

bonjour howard
c'est fabuleux de voir cet oiseau comme cela,l'aile est parfaitement figé et l'oiseau entier est net.
le BG totalement uniforme met bien l'oiseau en valeur.
bravo.
laurent

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• NinaM (4593)
• [2008-06-30 17:59]

Another beauty, I don't write more but to say it is great, perfect, technically advanced, fantastic...

Francine

pts tomorrow

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• Alex99 (14629)
• [2008-07-05 0:28]

Hi Howard.
It is great luck to see and to photograph this beauty. Terrific my subject and composition image. Timing is spot on and details/sharpness are stunning. Lights and colours are so perfect as mentioned above components of photo art. Bravo and kind regards.

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• GLEM (5739)
• [2008-08-02 1:25]

salut Howard,
cette image est exceptionnelle. Tout est parfait puisque l'on a l'impression d'y être. Bravo.

gaetan

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• maurydv (4244)
• [2008-08-03 10:40]

Ciao Howard,
splendida cattura con una tecnica perfetta, mi piace molto tutta questa serie in cui entra nella composizione anche il fiore che con i suoi colori ravviva ulteriormente queste meravigliose immagini di colibrì in volo, anche OOF BG è stupendo.
TFS. Maurizio