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Selasphorus platycercus
Small bird; medium-sized hummingbird. Shiny green upperparts. Adult male has red throat. Adult female has white throat speckled with iridescent green or bronze.
I am fairly certain this is a broad-tailed. Does anyone see it differently?
Spotted on Aug 11, 2013
Submitted on Aug 12, 2013
43 Comments (1–25)
Consider it done!
Absolutely!
I would like to invite you to post your spottings of hummingbirds in the new mission for Hummingbirds of the New World:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1244...
:-)
Amazing photos, Emily!
I use manual too, but I tend to over think things and ruin shots in the moment. The aperture setting definitely helps me stay in the moment.
Great info Emily, thanks! I'll give aperture priority mode a try. I've been using manual mode.
Sorry Arya, I am just now seeing your question.
I honestly don't remember but here is what I think... I usually use the aperture setting on my camera. I control the aperture and the ISO and let the camera figure out the shutter speed. I almost always have my aperture wide open and I think for this shot the ISO was 400 or 800. I also changed the exposure settings to trick the camera into thinking it was lighter than it actually was, this helps the shutter speed trigger faster in less than favorable light conditions.
The lighting on this day was very good, although the hummers were under a fiberglass overhang that made it just a little darker. I was also able to get very close to them thanks to all the feeders! Hope this helps! :)
Hey Emily, what shutter speed did you use to get this?
Your patience certainly paid off!!
Thank you Rustic 41! I was very patient that day! :)
A truly beautiful image!
Thank you so much Sachin and EnvUnlimited!
Congratulations !
Lovely Picture,
Thank you Reza and Sckel!
Congratulations
Congratulations !
Thank you all so much!
Joshua, that's a bummer! I'm sorry you (therefore we) missed it! Just glad they were released! I love me some coyotes!
Brilliant shot. Congratulations Emily on your SOTD. Makes me smile :)
Great Shot ...perfect !!!
Super gorgeous spotting Emily! :) Congratulations! Btw, those coyotes already got released :/ it was very private for some reason. They won't tell even me.
Thank you all so very much! I love sharing my photographs and educating others about our amazing world!
congrats..love it;)
Congratulations, Emily! is a very pretty spotting!
Beautiful, Emily! Congrats!
this is amazing! congratulations Emily :)