{"id":72471,"date":"2019-06-07T05:31:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T11:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=72471"},"modified":"2019-06-07T05:31:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T11:31:19","slug":"stretching-broad-tailed-hummingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/07\/stretching-broad-tailed-hummingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretching Broad-tailed Hummingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

This little guy gave me quite a few interesting stretching poses at different angles.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, 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

I photographed this male Broad-tailed Hummingbird three days ago in the Wasatch Mountains as he repeatedly flew off from and landed on his favorite perch, a vertical serviceberry stem.\u00a0 It was an ideal high perch from which to survey and guard his kingdom and it was almost perfect for photography too.<\/p>\n

But he could see a larger portion of his territory when he had his back to me so that’s what he most often did. Here he was looking for intruders to his left which gave me a good look at his face, lit up much of his dorsal iridescence and revealed more of his small but attractive perch.<\/p>\n

Occasionally he would break out into an enthusiastic stretch, sometimes with his back to me and sometimes not. Following are three of my favorite stretching poses.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, 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

Normally I wouldn’t post a photo of a bird with its back to the viewer where we can barely see its head and eye but I thought this beautiful tail spread was worth a look-see. The touch of rufous in its outer tail feathers is one of the distinctive field marks of the species.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, 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

Occasionally he actually gave me a sideview with eye contact when he stretched. Here his right wing shaded the usually more colorful perch but I like the pose, the light on the bird and the good look at all of that pollen on his bill.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, 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 stretching pose provided a unique posture in interesting light, great eye contact and allowed us the best look at the colorful perch while the bird was present (often his body hid much of it). But the bird is just a hair short of tack sharp so I had to add just a little extra sharpening during processing.<\/p>\n

Tradeoffs. All too often bird photography is about tradeoffs…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This little guy gave me quite a few interesting stretching poses at different angles.<\/p>\n

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