Spider Included

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• ciccio (2715)
• [2006-07-27 13:47]

Impresionante Howard, es fantástica. Me encanta. Enhorabuena y TFS JOse LUis

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2006-07-27 13:50]

Hi Howard,

Beautiful capture and well done on the composition. Excellent details on both the bird and spider legs. Cool shot. Excellent work.

Mike

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• Hil (4593)
• [2006-07-27 13:52]

Hi Howard

Beautiful Shot with excellent colours & detail, nice POV against the blue sky, well done.

TFS Hilary

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• livios (16834)
• [2006-07-27 13:54]

Howard, we've got another stunning and breathtaking one here. Congratulations indeed.

A perfect pov and sharpness. Perfect colors and saturation. A very pleasing lighting and mood.

Ah, yeah, there is a spider in the image (lol).

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• jmp (8394)
• [2006-07-27 13:58]

Hi Howard,
A wonderful pose and a perfect capture from a excellent pov. Absolutely montionless and perfect lighting, even against the sky.
TFS, José M.

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• SunToucher (8285)
• [2006-07-27 13:59]

Hi Howard,
What a beauty. Such a sharp and well colored photo with beautiful light. You had amazing control over the exposure considering the lighting conditions. It took me a while, but the spider in the photo is a real bonus. I cam imagine how pleasantly surprised you were. Excellent composition.
TFS,
Niek

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• carper (8198)
• [2006-07-27 14:06]

marvelous shot Howard,
wauw wat a perfection, great pov good composition, fantastic dof, fantastic work, i like it a lot.
gr. jaap

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• kirych (70)
• [2006-07-27 14:08]

Hi, Howard!
Excellent moment and capture!
Superb colors and sharpness!
TFS. Tanya.

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• goldfinchtr (1342)
• [2006-07-27 14:10]

Another unique one:) My favourite one;)

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• Calianis (617)
• [2006-07-27 14:37]

Fantastic shot, loved it a lot.TFS.

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• jjcordier (522)
• [2006-07-27 14:42]

Another beautiful capture with very nice colours and excellent details
Best regards
JJ

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• ddg (4904)
• [2006-07-27 14:58]

Hi Howard, stunning capture with satured colors and a splendid POV. The spider legs inside the flower, it's the top!!! Very well done, Didier.

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• chouette (3000)
• [2006-07-27 15:11]

FANTASTIC! I love it! We never get tired of your wonderful hummingbird's photos! Thanks for sharing!

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• eruyanik (4624)
• [2006-07-27 15:24]

Superb in-flight shot, so eccentric, superb pov with incredible sharpness. It looks so vivid, so beautiful. i like the delicate metallic yellow and green tones especially! Whatttt! Hey there is something more there!!! Look at that legs!!! After i noticed the spider, i read your notes immediately, incredible moment and what a chance! Just superb, wonderful, beautiful etc. This one should jump in to my favourites!Congratulations Howard!
Thank you for sharing :-)
Ersin

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• BillyGoat (4561)
• [2006-07-27 15:25]

Most impressive once again Howard. Great timing on the backflap of the wings and excellent detail on both bird and flower.

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• wallhalla15 (13787)
• [2006-07-27 15:27]

Hello Howard!
Fantastic picture my friend, perfect!!! I think this is one of the best in TN.
Thank you.
Gr.
Heinz

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• claudine (9337)
• [2006-07-27 15:49]

Hi Howard,

WOW! An other great post from you! What an amazing composition, everything is perfect is this shot! And the spider was there just for this picture, I'm sure about that ;-) TFS,
Claudine

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• fyapici (5985)
• [2006-07-27 16:07]

Hi Howard!
WOW! I can say only a word: Perfect! Well done. Bravo.
Regards
Fevzi

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• hekcik (1799)
• [2006-07-27 16:12]

Hi Howard,

Excellent timing and great shot.
Just in time. Difficult shot for me.
I try many times but nothing.
You are the master!!!

TFS :-)
Norbert

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• manyee (19530)
• [2006-07-27 16:14]

WOW, Howard.
What can I say, my friend!
Keep them coming. : )
TFS. : )

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• AnimalExplorer (8244)
• [2006-07-27 16:16]

Fantastic freeze frame of this hummer the details and colors are perfect especially with that extra added spider ingredient. :)

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• Graal (4902)
• [2006-07-27 16:27]

Hi Howard,
fantastic, professional shot. Great captured a moment, superb colours and sharpness. I like this view a lot.
Rgs, Aleksander

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• pompey (2762)
• [2006-07-27 16:48]

Great shot as usual Howard, I don't visit often but make a point of looking for your shots when I do.
Given the speed of the wings this is exceptional.
Thanks for sharing.
Michael.

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• Pictures_Collec (533)
• [2006-07-27 17:01]

Hi Howard,

One of the best inflight shots i've seen. Great POV, perfect lighting.
Superb. Goes directly to my favorites ;-)
TFS.

Serge

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• thor68 (4567)
• [2006-07-27 17:30]

wow, this is so great and amazing, howard! :-)
the pink flower is absolutely beautiful,
the hummer inflight totally perfect,
but what really gives it the final touch are the spider legs.
thanks for this masterpiece & take care, thorsten.

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• Signal-Womb (10659)
• [2006-07-27 17:37]
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Howard, this is magnificent work. Perfect in-flight capture with bonus of little spider making his escape. You know there is no doubt about it now "you da man"

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• jeanpaul (13727)
• [2006-07-27 17:51]

Salut howard
C'est encore une excellente prise de vue que cet oiseau mouche en plein vol,C'est fantastique de voir les détails surtout les ailes avec la vitesse qu'elles battent. en plus nous avons cette belle fleur.Bravo et merci....JP

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• liquidsunshine (11474)
• [2006-07-27 18:00]

Another superb addition to this series Howard,
The details are nice, clear and sharp.
Good colours, lighting and exposure. The POV is fantastic.
Well composed and nicely framed.
Thanks for posting, have a great end to the week

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• klemmg (1719)
• [2006-07-27 18:06]

EXCELLENT shot Howard, keep them coming. Great composition , colours, and detail (one can't decide whether to count the bird's feathers or the spider's hairs ...); the catchlight in the eye adds extra impact, and the spider just really tops it off. Masterpiece!
Regards,
Gabi

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• joaoberto (633)
• [2006-07-27 18:33]

Hi Howard!
As usualy, one more amazing photo, great shot!!! Everything is perfect!!! I don't have words to say more things...!!! Brilliant! Congratulations.

Regards,
João

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• TAZ (10896)
• [2006-07-28 1:11]

Woooooow ! WON-DER-FUL !!! This master piece is amazing ! Beauty and quality are here. I like the good POV against the blue sky. BRAVO my friend.

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• chiliu (6478)
• [2006-07-28 1:38]

Hi Howard,
Fantastic catch! Superb details, beautiful colours, very sharp and clear.
Really wonderful image!

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• snowfalken (1780)
• [2006-07-28 2:31]

Hallo Howard,

Another blowing mind picture of yours! Very sharp and clear with the wings slightly blurred to suggest motion. Great composition and superb colors! Excellent job!

Regards,
Eddie

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• ramthakur (22457)
• [2006-07-28 3:52]

I don't mind seeing your hummer time and again, Howard. Who would if each picture is that beautiful?
To have two subjects instead of one (unintentionally) is a pleasant surprise for the viewers too, I'm sure.
Thanks for posting this great image.

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• horia (11652)
• [2006-07-28 4:04]

And another great shot from you, Howard! :)

Superb image! Excellent sharpness, lovely colors, beautiful composition, very interesting POV (gives a great blue sky for a BG) and a very nice usage of flash.

BRAVO!!! nad TFS
Horia

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• Runnerduck (1847)
• [2006-07-28 5:17]

Breathtaking! A truly stunning shot, perfect sharpness, exposure, pov, composition and subject.
A real beauty. Thank you for sharing.

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• pvs (10775)
• [2006-07-28 6:34]

Hi Howard,

A great shot again with an excellent POV you captured this fast little hummer with perfect sharpness and details,my compliments (as well for capturing the spider partly).

Regards,

Paul

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• marmottelolo (14327)
• [2006-07-28 7:50]

bonjour howard
c'est vraiment une belle serie que vous nous offrez avec cet oiseau mouche.
merci pour le partage.
laurent

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• SkyF (8111)
• [2006-07-28 7:52]

Hello Howard,
this is absolutly stunning, never mind over exposing.. who does not loke hummingbird pictures espcially when they that great. What a wonderful composition, the POV is amazing.
TFS..Sky

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-07-28 7:59]

Hello Howard, excellent colors, bg, POV DOf perefct details, the action in this photo really keep you attention, nive capture and composed work, TFS Kyle

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• HELO (352)
• [2006-07-28 8:22]

bonjour
c'est une magnifique photo
bon BG
bons détails
sublime couleur
félisitation
heloise

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-07-28 8:34]

Hello Howard,
Magnificent action capture agin.POV,sharpness,details...
everything is perfect.Excellent work!
TFS....:-)

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• pilonm (2607)
• [2006-07-28 8:37]

Hello Howard!

Wow! Superb, wonderful, fantastic, awesome, magnifique (in french!) picture of this Black-chinned hummer!!! I'm OE-proof against hummingbird my friend! So, don't hesitate to overexpose me!!! Oups! Wait a minute while I'm going to had it to my favorite.... Ok! I'm back again! Details are awesome and you are the exposure master of TN! Everything is perfect here (including the spider!) I will stop here to let other room to put their comments for this jewel! Thanks again for sharing it with us, Howard!

Michel

PS. Point tomorrow!

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• ellis49 (28563)
• [2006-07-28 10:37]

Hi Howard,
this is stunning,
a great picture in all aspects, absolute no nits.
Beautiful work, mf.

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• Karin (2089)
• [2006-07-28 12:59]

Fantastic shot Howard! Everything is perfect. Surely the best of your serie, because the compo on this one is great, with the wings just frozen in the right position, and the focus on the bird and flower can't be beter.
CONGRATULATIONS and TFS

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• Alex99 (13485)
• [2006-07-28 13:45]

Hi Howard.
Brilliant picture you have shared. Excellent composition, impressive colours, ideal sharpness and details of flower and bird. The picture is technically faultless. Bravo.
Alexei.

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• AndyB (3978)
• [2006-07-28 18:33]

Hello Howard,
Excellent work here.
Great quality,superb detail.
11/10

TFS!

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• coasties (27488)
• [2006-07-29 7:42]
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Hi Howard

My holiday has come to an end. We arrived back home tonight. I was very pleased to have my husband use my Canon 10D while away and between the two of us I have 23.8 GB of RAW images which is 4,324 files to go through over the next while.

Excellent work here. Nice compo, very good POV. Crisp, clear and sharp. Well done. :-)

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• liziafa (1057)
• [2006-07-29 12:18]

Hi Howard,
You have grasped this moment superbly.
Congratulations!!!
Excellent colors, DOF, BG just perfect!
Well done!
TFS Malgosia

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• pac (1727)
• [2006-07-30 14:10]

No risk - another super shot of this subject!

/Dan

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• thistle (9140)
• [2006-07-31 2:13]
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Hello Howard,
Nice shot, but a little boring. I think it could have a lot more impact if the spider was hovering above the flower and hummerbird was hiding in it ;-)
It's a great shot! Lots of very sharp details, perfect quality, POV and framing, great blue BG and a lovely bonus - the spider of course.
Great job!

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• peter_stoeckl (9185)
• [2006-07-31 4:22]

Hello Howard,
excellent details, magnificent composition, and a funny pose of the hummer that is even more funny when seeing the spider waving its legs in despair. Superb shot, again!
Thank you, and best regards,
Peter

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• paulbright (2608)
• [2006-07-31 6:36]

this shot is incredibly beautiful and technically perfect. cannot find any faults. excellent exposure, great colors, stunning action and pin sharp. that spider adds the venom to this shot. TFS!

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• sAner (4742)
• [2006-07-31 13:09]

Hi Howard! This is GREAT! I really missed your hummers! You can never overexpose them as I love them. Your photo is brilliant and the little spider peeking over the edge is just great. :) Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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• osse (7625)
• [2006-07-31 17:47]

Hi Howard
Beautiful composition again. Great colours, sharpnes, details, light, DOF, BG and POV.
Well done mf

osse

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• valy67 (5228)
• [2006-08-01 4:49]

Hi Howard !
This is an awesome capture ! Wonderful sharpness, details and texture on the plumage, gorgeous colors, and excellent composition ans POV. the blye sky makes a perfect BG. The slightly blurry wongs give a nice sense of movement and action. Very well done !
Valérie.

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• Alex_Strugariu (649)
• [2006-08-08 4:44]

WOW!
That`s a fantastic action shot! I can`t believe you caught the spider on "film" too...
Splendid everything!
TFS
Alex

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• slrnovice2 (1197)
• [2006-08-11 7:38]
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Hi Howard, besides the perfect technique and artistry of this shot, I like it for the surprise the spider evidently got as well as for the surprise you give us in supplying spider as well as the hummer. I only just noticed a critique you did for my digger wasp shot and this exemplifies what you said with respect to that shot perfectly...with the glass in our hand we see so much more than we would otherwise. I can count among this...A baby hedgehog not more than 2 weeks old and still blind, hedgehogs mating, a fox pair interacting, a baby Little Owl trying out its wings... The list goes on and how priviledged it makes you feel. Thank you for giving us this surprise :)

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• nixpix (426)
• [2006-08-16 9:55]
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Hi Howard, another cracker of a hummingbird shot, really well done. I see the 20000 mark is fast approaching. Best regards, Rob

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• dantor (991)
• [2006-08-17 9:51]

Beautiful pose, composition, capture. Excellent colour and detail. You are a master, Howard!

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• jepc (132)
• [2006-09-02 22:14]

Hi Howard,

Some day, maybe,I hope, I will can do some shot like that! The moment, the colors, the sharpness, the compo and especialy the bird!
TFS,
João Eduardo

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• nezihi (295)
• [2006-09-29 23:21]

Hi Howard,
Excellent capture and detail,nice work
Saffet

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• reina (1964)
• [2006-10-05 0:23]

sublime! Congratulations with this piece of art! Reina

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• flagman (2375)
• [2006-10-25 3:55]

Simply stunning. Probably the best hummingbird picture I've seen. Excellent sharpness and details on the body of the bird, and the wings are in a great position, and with just enough motion blur to provide some dynamism. The spider is an unexpected bonus!

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• miuky (180)
• [2006-11-16 12:36]

Hy Howard
What a shot!!...Wow..., already saed everithing, so just...wow...
Regards, M.

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• touristdidi (2351)
• [2006-11-24 8:03]

Is it considering hummingbird for dinner? I have been chased by spiders whose picture I tried to take. Either size makes no difference or they cannot see so good? This is a wonderful pictuer, and the spider adds to the interst!

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• twin (3247)
• [2007-01-21 11:57]

Hi Howard,

This one is a perfect one...

I love it...

my congratulations...

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• matisse02 (259)
• [2007-01-24 5:27]

Wow what a nice pict!!!! I love the contrast, colors and light!!!

Incredible picture.....I have just bought the same lens ( 100-400) and I hope I can do the same capture one day....!!!!

Ciao
Alex

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• babak (842)
• [2007-02-09 10:03]

Wooooow very nice shot my friend . very nice BG subject and sharp , well done

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• mlines (2376)
• [2007-02-11 15:26]

Hi Howard. I love to see your hummingbird series. To capture such fast wings like this is amazing. I note compared to the birds we see around here, the hummingbird is very slim, likely due to all that fast flapping. Excellent colour and clarity. Murray.

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• shpirery (1152)
• [2007-02-18 9:45]

A terrific shot, Howard
Love the framing. Pose, detail, color and sharpness are first rate ...

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• KellEy (700)
• [2007-03-10 21:14]

Wowza! This is fabulous.
Thanks for sharing your photographic masterpieces.
Stunning light and focus!

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• Biswarup (2753)
• [2007-03-14 3:19]

Hi Howard,
Excellent moment captured!
Superb colors and sharpness!
Biswarup

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• anavazao (3829)
• [2007-03-24 17:29]

I did not resist to comment this shot ... wow a great perspective, light, details, composition ...
Take care Ana:)

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• sunkirana (1139)
• [2007-03-28 12:32]
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Beautiful picture Howard. I was just jumping back and forth between your previous shot of the Hummer and this one. There you had used a 1/1250 SS creating a VERY beautiful blur of the wings keeping the body in sharp focus. Here the SS is midway between creating the blur and making the wings sharp as well. Just curious if a higher SS, like 1/4000 might have enhanced the picture without affecting the luminosity?

A very good picture, espcially with the spriders :-), wouldn't have noticed them if you had not pointed them out.

Good work Howard,

Warm regards, Kiran.

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• nick27 (516)
• [2007-04-02 10:01]

Wow
Great picture Howard, the moment of capture is superb and, having seen these birds in the carribean know how fast they move
Brilliant
Nick

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• Bac (528)
• [2007-04-16 5:31]

UNcredible, all had already been said, really great. Thank you for sharing.

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• PeterZ (6759)
• [2007-06-21 11:18]

Hello Howard,
Better late, than never... Till yesterday I've missed you're work. What a shame!
This is SUPERB!!!
Regards,
Peter

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• kuhufu (422)
• [2007-08-02 13:06]

Hello,
I can't imagine that may not be captured better.
sharpness, timing and colors are perfect.
TFS
Ugur

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• Jonas_Schmitt_ (182)
• [2007-09-08 4:26]

Hi Howard!
Fantastic picture!It´s so difficult to take photos of those Hummingbirds,they are so fast.Great action with nice colors and a fantastic point of view!
Thanks for sharing,
Jonas

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• Platypus (276)
• [2007-09-27 7:19]

Hi Howard,
still visiting you hummer gallery. In fact, your shots are even better than what one usually finds in bookstores !
Pascal.

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• CatStevens (289)
• [2007-10-15 13:46]

Hi Howard, I can not say anything about the picture because my jaw is still on the floor :). Just stunning!

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• Photoslave (729)
• [2007-10-26 13:07]

Hi Howard,

great time still image, incredible sharpness and great capture with the added value of the spider

Compliments!!!

Gio

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• elan2004 (47)
• [2007-11-18 8:32]
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• totoavelo (22)
• [2007-12-08 10:34]

Comment c'est possible de faire une photo comme ca.
Bravo, bravo.. La preparation pour cet instant..
Ca me fascine..
Felicitation.
Cyril

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• Karan (16)
• [2008-01-08 3:02]

Amaing shot there... Very good angle and great composition :)

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• inked (632)
• [2008-01-18 21:03]

hi howard,
awesome picture perfect shot! just beautiful, everything about it! gotta love those extra little suprises that are sometimes found when you get them to a computer. amazing work! thanks for sharing

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• tsotsito (342)
• [2008-01-26 22:42]

perfect photo.Really wonderful image...Congratulations...

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• goldyrs (3486)
• [2008-03-29 6:17]

Howard,
I wonder if anyone's been able to find a flaw with this one!It is work like this that becomes an inpiration for aspiring photo-buffs like me!
And then the other aspect, that such beauty can exist in creation only humbles one!
I could go on and on!
But this is my 'super-favourite'!
Respect!
Goldy

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• bartove (5015)
• [2008-06-08 14:57]

Stunning capture, excellent colours & detail
TFS Eyal