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Hummingbird standing on head

I took this in my backyard and was learning how to crop. So this can only by an 8x10 but I've never been able to capture anything like it since. The origin...
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I took this in my backyard and was learning how to crop. So this can only by an 8x10 but I've never been able to capture anything like it since. The original file was eaten by Lightroom because I didn't understand it at the time. Sigh.
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NIKON D600

settings

Aperture f/4.5 ISO 400 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 70/1

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Nov, 2015

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Awards

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Winner in Crazy Things Hummingbirds Do Photo Challenge

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Magnificent Capture

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Top Choice

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Superb Composition

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Outstanding Creativity

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aww ..so so brilliant!..:-))

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Cool shot.

...and the big birds fly.

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amazing capture !

A real masterpiece!..:-))

Am absolute masterpiece. I have never seen anything like it before. Congrats.

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LOL! So funny and cute! Great capture!

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Great capture!

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Amazing capture! Beautiful!

Great catch here. Is a feeder there?

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That is an outstanding catch!!

Awesome shot

This is too funny!!

This makes me smile!

Amazing! Just love this! Makes me smile!

Beautiful capture!

An exquisite in the moment capture,amazing :>)

One in a million shot. Stunning!!!

Awesome photo!

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That's what you call being crowned. LOL!

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in our backyard when we lived in Basalt, Colorado. We had far more hummingbirds than we do where we live now.

Time

This was taken in the afternoon.

Lighting

I just used the sunny day and the sun was not overhead anymore. It was shining to the right of the birds.

Equipment

Nikon D600 with Tamron 150-600 Gen 1 lens. Handheld.

Inspiration

I love hummingbirds. We just had so many and I was playing with my new lens and trying different focus areas.

Editing

Even with the 600mm lens, I didn't know what I had until I started zooming in on areas of the photos in Lightroom. When I saw this I was really surprised. I cropped it in really close though so I can't really enlarge it more than 8x12. Live and learn.

In my camera bag

My Nikon D600, my 35-70mm, a macro lens and for night photography I use the Nikkor 14-24mm lens. I also recently purchased a Sony Bridge Camera the RX10-IV due to it's 600 mm lens. It is equivalent to the Tamron and lighter. I use a Sony a6300 for underwater photography 10-14mm lens.

Feedback

Use fast shutter speed and burst mode. If you can program your camera for back button focusing, it really helps for fast moving objects.

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Hummingbird standing on head

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