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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 1000, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Yesterday morning this Black-chinned Hummingbird finally took a break from nectaring on my trumpet vine and rested for a few moments on one of its bare branches. The bird and branch were well lit but the foliage directly behind them was in deep shade, which rendered the background almost black.<\/p>\n Suddenly she started watching another hummingbird directly above her that I both heard and saw. This shot was taken immediately after she took off vertically to chase it away. Notice that both of her little feet have just left the branch. I had oodles of room in the frame above her but she took off so fast, the next photo in the burst included only her tail in the frame.<\/p>\n Because she was looking up, with her long bill pointed the same direction, I instinctively cropped the image vertically. But for reasons that would take a lot of words to explain, I think any vertical composition of the image has some insurmountable problems.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In my mind a horizontal composition works better overall, even though some viewers may be distracted by, or just not like, the lit-up green foliage in the foreground at bottom right.<\/p>\n I think each version has its strengths so I decided to include them both.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Including an alternate composition. (2 images)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/black-chinned-hummingbird-7042-horizontal-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"black-chinned-hummingbird-7042-horizontal-ron-dudley\\"")
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