{"id":101416,"date":"2021-08-16T06:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T12:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=101416"},"modified":"2021-08-16T07:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:27:49","slug":"rufous-hummingbird-in-flight-against-a-clean-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/16\/rufous-hummingbird-in-flight-against-a-clean-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Rufous Hummingbird In Flight Against A Clean Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

But still with plenty of attractive, natural habitat.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This Rufous Hummingbird, photographed last Friday as ‘he’ was nectaring on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata<\/em>), is the same bird I posted a photo of<\/a><\/span><\/span> two days ago. In the earlier photo there was an in-focus flower directly behind his tail and lots of out of focus flowers and leaves in the background. But this time I caught him with a clean background as he was pulling away from the flower cluster he’d been feeding on.<\/p>\n

The two photos are quite different from each other but I like them both. For me one of the primary strengths of this shot is the way the green foliage is beginning to wrap around the bird, partially framing him, including providing a ‘roof’ of leaves over his head. I’m less happy with the out of focus flower and leaves in the foreground at the right frame edge. But because the bird itself is so well isolated I don’t think they’re a big deal.<\/p>\n

I’ve been posting quite a few hummingbird photos lately but they’ll be migrating south very soon and they’ll be gone for many months so we’d best enjoy them while we can because…<\/p>\n

We’re Gonna Miss Them When They’re Gone<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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But still with plenty of attractive, natural habitat.<\/p>\n

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