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Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

We stayed at a cabin at the Santa Rita Lodge Inn in Madera Canyon to have easy access to a variety of animals. I spent a weekend photographing hummingbirds, it...
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We stayed at a cabin at the Santa Rita Lodge Inn in Madera Canyon to have easy access to a variety of animals. I spent a weekend photographing hummingbirds, it took about 200 shots to get about 20. I took several thousand photographs.
Lens: Nikon 70-300mm
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NIKON D810

settings

Aperture f/16 ISO 10000 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 2100/10

location

Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

upload_date

Dec, 2017

Views

944

Likes

+192

Awards

Peer Award

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Magnificent Capture

+26

Absolute Masterpiece

+21

Top Choice

+14

Superb Composition

All Star

Superior Skill

Outstanding Creativity

Genius

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank week 1

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Thanks to each of you

amazing.well done

Ultimate

I’m glad you got the twenty! Beautifully done! You have such a remarkable talent!

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Thank you very much,you are very kind

Beautiful capture

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Thank you very much,you are very kind

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Brilliant capture Rick. You have such skill in capturing those humming birds.

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Thank you very much

Great shot. Love it.

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Thank you very much,Caroline

Excellent capture!

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Thanks to each of you. It takes a lot of patience

Wonderful

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Thank you Brandibaby

Awesome flight catches on your Hummingbirds...

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Thank you

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What a stunning shot. Sharp as a tack.

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Thank you,took much patience to capyure

Nice work!

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Thank you very much Tatiana

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Thank you

Amazing shot, the colors are beautiful!!!

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I appreciate it

Fantastic capture.

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Thank you very much

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thank you very much

outstanding!

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Thank you very much

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Outstanding shot

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Thank you very much

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How did I miss this beauty? Excellent capture Rick!

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Thank you very much

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Love those colors! 👏👏

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These are one of my favorite subjects!

Outstanding click..👌👌

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It sure is fun to shoot Hummingbirds! Tests your patience! 👍

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at Madera Canyon, Arizona

Time

Taken about 5:00pm

Lighting

The bird was in direct sunlight

Equipment

I used a D810 with a Nikon 70-300 mm lens. Handheld

Inspiration

I went to Madera Canyon just to photograph hummingbirds. Many hummingbirds migrate there from Central America

Editing

I used Lightroom and brought out the beautiful colors of the bird

In my camera bag

I carry a Tamron 150-600 g2 lens, a Nikon 35-70mm, Nikon 16-35 mm, and a Nikon 28-300mm lens, a battery grip and extra batteries

Feedback

Make sure you have at least 1/1000 or higher. I shoot with auto iso with a max of 2000 on my D810. Most of my hummingbird photos are taken at 1/5000 and auto iso

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Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

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