Actually, I still think the hummingbird photo I posted before is my personal best in 2005, but the two above are okay, too.
And here’s the hummingbird again, for an encore:
All photos were taken the day I walked around along the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Update: I decided to post a detail crop of the hummingbird…
That’s an excellent hummingbird capture!
Thanks, Parl! I’m very proud of that shot.
It was pure luck that the hummingbird flew close, just outside the path I was hiking, so it’s not at all like all those hummingbird photos I see that most people have, where there’s a feeder nearby and the shooter simply waited by it like a stalking paparazzi. It came at me really quickly, and without thinking I took three shots of it before it flew away. Very minimal cropping, too — the original has about 10% space around the bird, so he actually does nearly fill the frame. I’ll have to post a 100% view of his feathers some time. He was so fast, I still can’t believe I actually got the camera to focus on him.
Bah. Decided to go ahead and post that 100% view, so I updated the post.
Damn!
All 3 are very nice, but the second one is my favorite. Have you considered posting pictures on Flickr too?
Thanks, Zee and Kami! And yep, I’ve considered Flickr. I have an account there, actually, but I haven’t really used it.
I was going to mention Flickr as well.