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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This is one of several high perches he used to guard over his patch. When he landed here he had his back to me so at first I wasn’t taking any photos. But when he struck this pose, which I believe (though I’m not certain) is a threat posture directed at another incoming hummingbird, I fired off a burst to see if I could capture whatever might happen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Three frames later he had flattened his feathers, likely in preparation for potential action. It was roughly at this point that I once again heard, but did not see, another hummer fly from left to right in front of me.<\/p>\n What you see in this photo and the following two took less than two tenths of a second (.167 seconds) to occur.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n The trespassing hummer passed from left to right in front of this guy so in an instant he twisted more than 90\u00b0 on his perch and…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n took off in pursuit of the cheeky interloper.<\/p>\n For some reason, at this point I took my finger off of the shutter button so this is the last shot I got of him in flight. I like this photo for a lot of reasons, including his position in the frame relative to the perch. I took a lot of shots of him while he was perched on various high twigs and branches but his favorite perch was a little too far away for high quality photos.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the most frustrating things about photographing hummingbirds occurs when you’re trying to capture all of the blazing color of their iridescent gorget<\/a><\/span><\/span>. It’s frustrating because to get the full iridescent gorget display the hummer usually has to be facing you and looking in your direction, which makes their bill essentially disappear and also makes it difficult to get a catch light in either eye. If the light doesn’t hit the gorget just right, there’s no iridescence.<\/p>\n But I got lucky one time with what I believe was this same hummingbird.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n In this one shot out of many he had his head turned so there’s light in his eye and his bill is easily seen in profile, at the same time his gorget was lit up like fire. I’m not sure how it happened but I’ll take it.<\/p>\n I just wish he’d been closer. This image has been cropped significantly.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Including one photo where his gorget is fully lit up in all its glory.\u00a0(5 photos)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-1121-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"broad-tailed-hummingbird-1121-ron-dudley\\"")
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