Summer Hummer

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• wuta (2072)
• [2006-02-06 14:30]

Hi Howard ,
good pov and dof ,very nice shot very good compositie i like it very much good job gr Teunie .

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• wishnugaruda (14355)
• [2006-02-06 14:36]

Hi Howard,
wow, a beautiful moment, I love this tiny birds but we don't have them here in Germany, what a pity!
I can see green glittering parts, thats wonderful, thanks, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• fiyo (8876)
• [2006-02-06 14:41]

Great shot Howard, Great POV and DOF, good pose, details and sharpness.Very well done

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• Dave (2171)
• [2006-02-06 14:46]

Hi Howard!
Beautiful picture with excellent detail!
I'm ready for some summer time action again. I think I have some winter time blues from not riding my bike enough. A cold day will turn me around faster than anything. I'd take and enjoy 105 degrees over 55 degrees.
Great title!
Thanks,
Dave

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• Tommysugar (600)
• [2006-02-06 14:51]

Very nice shot!
Good colours and details!
Bye Tom

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-02-06 14:52]

Great shot, wonderful POV, wonderful sharp details on the bird. Trried to shoot one last year, but they are to fast for me. Thanks for sharing.
Sky

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• PhilippeVerdon (678)
• [2006-02-06 14:52]

Hi Howard , excellent picture, good moment

congratulations ;) !

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• AndyB (3980)
• [2006-02-06 14:54]
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A superb capture Howard.
Beautiful colours,nice and sharp.
Excellent work,well done!

TFS

The kitchen is done :-)))

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• duckpond (323)
• [2006-02-06 15:42]

Excellent shot. Great focus and catchlight on the eye.

Excellent details and really well captured, amazing.

TFS

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• Luc (14719)
• [2006-02-06 15:43]

Je n'ai pas le loisir ces jours-ci d'écrire des commentaires ou des éloges dithyrambiques et panégyriques sur vos travaux.
Et j'ai encore moins le temps pour les traduire dans vote langue maternelle.
Mais je vous prie d'accepter sans ambages le maigrelet icône qu'on me permet de vous octroyer en récompense pour votre travail assidu, source de joies pour mon regard quelques fois ébloui.
Merci mon ami Howard.

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• hummingbird24 (64)
• [2006-02-06 15:57]

Ok, so I had to look, but, only out of pity... :-)

Another fantastic closeup of this hummingbird, with excellent details, colors, BG, POV and timing.

Great job, thank you Howard!

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• blue-velvet29 (912)
• [2006-02-06 16:05]

Hi Howard!
Amazing frame! Perfect colors, quality, moment! Congratulatin! TFS ;-)
best regards
Dorota

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• chiliu (6448)
• [2006-02-06 16:06]

Hi Howard,
What a superb shot!
Brilliant in-flight pose, excellent composition,
the sharpness and details are perfectly well.
Thanks for sharing!

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• PDP (11763)
• [2006-02-06 16:59]

Hi Howard, lovely capture. Beautiful focus on the eye. Lovely details and composition. Very well done.

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• Toni (2034)
• [2006-02-06 17:14]

Hi Howard
What a capture ! The birds' eye is so sharp and just out of the way of the moveing wing. Excellent details such as of the green flecks in the feathers. I like the blurriness of the rest of the image.
Regards Toni

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• glazzaro (4497)
• [2006-02-06 17:44]

They are so fun to shoot but extremely difficult to get a shot, nice work Sir.

Greg

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• manyee (20016)
• [2006-02-06 20:48]

It is quite an achievement to catch the ever-moving hummer with such sharp focus. What a fantastic job, Howard. Congratulations and TFS. ; )

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• Luis52 (10447)
• [2006-02-06 20:49]

Howard.- Muy bonita tu foto de este colibri, y tus comentarios son tambien buenos. Saludos Luis52

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• jossim (11898)
• [2006-02-06 20:49]

Bonjour!

Une superbe photo pleine de couleur,les détails sont excellent et la lumière dans le regard parfait.


Merci Howard.


joseph

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• shyanni (840)
• [2006-02-06 21:25]

An excellent capture of a difficult subject, Howard!

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• Janice (17794)
• [2006-02-06 22:59]

Howard, another impressive catch here. The fast moving wings look great against the sharp body and head. Hood shot, tfs.
Janice

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• chouette (3000)
• [2006-02-06 23:39]

Wonderful in flight capture Howard! Colors are beautiful and hummingbird is amazing! Excellent sharpness and details. Nice catchlight in the eye. Hard to take these shots and you did it perfectly. Very good work!

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• Jannie (1127)
• [2006-02-07 1:15]

Congrats Howard. DOF and POV are perfect. Excellent detail and lighting.

I think this is one of your best.

Great work

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• lvdbremer (123)
• [2006-02-07 4:24]

Wauw, amazing shot! These hummingbirds are such cool little creatures :). Great picture, TFS, Loes

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• marmottelolo (14509)
• [2006-02-07 7:39]

bonjour howard
c'est toujours un delice de regarder tes photos,toujours parfaites!!
laurent

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-02-07 8:09]

Hello Howard!
Magnificent action capture.Colors,solid body,
motion effect on wings,DOF,sharpness,clear details and eyes,POV and composition are perfect.
TFS...:-)

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• red45 (26975)
• [2006-02-07 9:29]
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Yeah Howard. Your pictures shows us what word 'progress' means. This is absolutelly superb shot!!! Miracoulus colours, moment, perfectly frozen in time, details and quality. No nits! Send it to BBC nature section right now :-)

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• ellis49 (28941)
• [2006-02-07 12:37]

Hi Howard,
a beautiful picture with great sharpness and details.
Very good POV and composition.
Lovely colours and good DOF.
Excellent work, my friend.

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• carper (8410)
• [2006-02-07 12:50]

you did it again Howard fantastic photo my friend, this is a freesing bird, great pov wauw I am realy impressed, fantastic, good photo, well done.
gr. jaap

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-02-07 13:43]

Fantastic shot Howard. Stunning detail, excellent sharpness and colours. Great POV, DOF and composition. Thanks for posting.

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• tinman (2663)
• [2006-02-08 4:29]

Super action capture. TFS, no time today

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• livios (16856)
• [2006-02-08 12:18]
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Howard, I need to know how to shoot hummingbirds like you do.

Stunning image - and what a pov.

Excellent sharpness, composition. Lovely colors and bg. The body is sharp, the wings have the sense of movement.

Congratulations.

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• rimas (3877)
• [2006-02-16 10:01]

This is an excellent capture Howard. Very nice in-flight shot with a great colors, excellent sharpness and blurred bg.
Congratulations

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• metcher (4241)
• [2006-02-17 8:38]

Hi, Howard.
Wonderful shot I have missed during my holidays. Excellent sharpness just there, where it must be. Well composed. Nice DOF and colors.

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• elroyie (6403)
• [2006-02-24 9:19]
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Very good capture, very good performance, you lucky to have those humming birds that we in Israel don't have...
The double light spot in the eye is not contributing to this frame.

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2006-02-27 16:55]

Hi Howard,

Absolutely, positively, perfect. Beautiful capture and well done on all counts. Super work.

If you can P.M. me with how to use flash with 1/2500 etc. that would be very helpful. If you would like to share. ;)

Mike

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• moustique (543)
• [2006-04-25 11:41]

Alors là, bravo...
J'ai essayé, essayé... et encore essayé... sans jamais arriver à cette perfection. Ni même à la moitié de cette perfection !
L'oiseau étant beaucoup trop rapide pour moi et pour le Fuji...
Toutes mes félicitations pour ce superbe cliché !

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• Athila (1537)
• [2006-06-14 10:40]

Hi Howard!

Seems that they are faster that a plane, Superman and Speedlight (flash). But I guess that's what make them so scheming.
Even with such a shallow DOF, you succeded to get perfect focus on the eye with a nice glitter from your flash. Most of its body being parrallelle to the sensor plane is also in very good focus. The rest of the image being out of focus, all the attention is on your main subject.

Splendid image and TFS.