PRO+

RickL

Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

Male Broad Billed Hummingbird

RESTING IN BETWEEN FLOWERS, he paused for about ten seconds. With hummingbirds you have to be ready and have the right setup on your camera. The iridescent colo...
Read more

RESTING IN BETWEEN FLOWERS, he paused for about ten seconds. With hummingbirds you have to be ready and have the right setup on your camera. The iridescent colors in the sunlight are absolutely amazing

Lens: Tamron 150-600 mm
Read less

camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Madera Canyon, Arizona, US

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2020

Views

118

Likes

+47

Awards

Peer Award

+14

Absolute Masterpiece

+2

Top Choice

Outstanding Creativity

Magnificent Capture

All Star

Superb Composition

Emotions

Impressed

Categories

Beautiful capture with amazing colors!!

PRO+

Thank you Patsy

Very pretty metallic colors!!

PRO+

Thank you Daisy

Platinum

Beautiful

PRO+

Thank you Trainwoman

See all

Same photographer See all

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 hummin

This photo was taken with 40 year old lens. It captured the detail and colors of this beautiful hummingbird. I have since replaced it with a Nikon 28-

Caught as he was taking off.
There is a Great Horned Owl that claims our chimney as its hunting perch each night.
Lens: Nikon 70-300 FX

I carefully chose my composition. Checked the focus and then took the photograph. I did not want a typical overhead shot but more on a level plane so

Looking for a meal. He would run the doves into our sliding glass window, when they would be stunned he would carry them off.
Lens: Tamron 150-600 g2

This is a female Curved Billed Thrashed building her nest in a Cholla Cactus a few feet away. Thrashers build their nests in the dreaded "Jumpin

We have a large yard with many trees and feeders. The hawks come in for an easy meal.

This was taken in Madera Canyon, Az. Took about 200 shots to get this one .

Lens: Nikon 70-300 fx

I purposely chose the location and waited for the sun to set behind the Saguaro Cactus. I wanted the silhouette of the cactus to be dark in contrast

Cactus Wren in it's favorite thorn bush,
Lens: Tamron 150-600 g2

The detail and colors are spectacular.
Lens: Nikon 35-50mm

Singing for a mate. Every feather detail can be seen. My favorite song bird of the Desert
Lens:Tamron 150-600g2

A beautiful male taking a few seconds rest in its favorite thorn bush. The halo of thorns make this bird stand out.
Lens: Tamron 150-600g2

Harris hawks hunt in groups of two or three. One distracts the prey and the others dive down and grab it. Usually there is a dominant female to guid

I usually have many birds in the trees in my yard, all at once they vanished and this Cooper's Hawk arrived. HIs talons and beak had feathers fro

The atmosphere was just right to magnify the setting sun

Lens: Nikon 35-50 mm

This is a wild deer in Portal, Arizona. We stayed at Cave Creek Ranch. World famous for birding.
I was filming hummingbirds and this deer appeared ri

This is one of two that are in this area where I do my desert photography .
Lens: Tamron 150-600 g2

Discover more photos See all

Mother and calf elephants eating Mopani - Letaba Road. Kruger National Park, South Africa by wildpainter

Grizzly bear scavenging for huckleberries in Montana by BBologna

Mustang in the Snow by JoanCarsonMartelli

Gosling #2 by Leask

Grey Seal youngster by MarieLianne68

Alicia en el espejo by sarabang

deer with ferns by jasongines

Fluffy Goldfinch by beckykempf

One heron on a night hunt.
A shot of one bird using the multi-exposure technique.
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). Wild, Hungary 2022-01 by EuroBen

Resting after eating her kill in the Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa by SJRatcliffe

Surfing Orca -British Columbia by Lpepz

tortuguero by fuadan

Humpback by JeffCanning

My dog runs happy in the fall morning by giordanoaita

Photo by Jayde753

Chukotka Sleddog Tayèn by Yonglei

Bullfighting by Soljacker

Kingfisher in action with low light by nunocandido

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.