{"id":26333,"date":"2014-09-01T06:02:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T12:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=26333"},"modified":"2014-09-01T06:02:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T12:02:43","slug":"you-never-know-what-youll-find-in-an-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/01\/you-never-know-what-youll-find-in-an-image\/","title":{"rendered":"You Never Know What You’ll Find In An Image…"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the painful process of culling I’ve learned to look\u00a0carefully at each image before pulling the plug on the shot because you never know what might be\u00a0lurking somewhere in those pixels.\u00a0 Regular readers are aware that I’ve posted quite a few images of hummingbirds and White-lined Sphinx Moths (also known as hummingbird moths) lately so to avoid saturation it was my\u00a0intention to\u00a0refrain from\u00a0posting any more of them for\u00a0a while.\u00a0 But while culling yesterday I noticed something interesting that I thought was worth sharing.<\/p>\n

The hummingbirds are slowing down now and it’s been some time since I’ve seen a sphinx moth so three\u00a0days ago when I\u00a0spotted this hummingbird hovering further away than I like for photos I fired off a single shot for ID purposes only.\u00a0 I almost deleted the photo from the thumbnail rather than looking at the entire image but I’m glad I didn’t…<\/p>\n

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\"rufous<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

because tucked away on one of the flowers was a sphinx moth right in front of\u00a0the hovering hummingbird (a female Rufous I believe).\u00a0 I’ve seen each species chase the other one off the flower patch\u00a0so from the posture of the bird I suspect it’s trying to decide how to react to the presence of the moth.<\/p>\n

No, it’s not a great image because of the annoying sunflower twigs from last year and the relatively large crop.\u00a0 But I’m guessing there aren’t many photos out there that include both a hummingbird and<\/em>\u00a0 a hummingbird moth in the same shot, especially with the bird in a nice flight pose and both species relatively sharp.<\/p>\n

For that reason I think I’ll keep it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the painful process of culling I’ve learned to look carefully at each image before pulling the plug on the shot because you never know what might be lurking somewhere in those pixels.<\/p>\n

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