I raided the neighbour's garden

My neighbour is a great gardener....drifts of flowers everywhere, and lots of bee balm. This is a sampling of the action there this morning :
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Very nice set!

Great set Ian, Now buy your neighbor a bottle of wine.

A great series of shots, Ian; well done.
Al

It's a W-O-W, Ian.

These are gorgeous Ian. I dream about getting images like these. Even the Bumble Bees fly past my "Hummingbird" friendly flowers without stopping and go to the Hosta flowers. Guess I need to hide the feeders! In the meantime, I will enjoy the Hummingbirds here on the forum.

Great set. Great detail.

jherm87 wrote in post #17065940
Very nice set!

Thanks very much.

Peter2516 wrote in post #17065971
Great set Ian, Now buy your neighbor a bottle of wine.

LOL, I just might, Peter!

CDMOOSE wrote in post #17066105
A great series of shots, Ian; well done. Al

Thanks Al.

ldn323 wrote in post #17066253
It's a W-O-W, Ian.

Much appreciated, Linh, thanks.

SJC from VT wrote in post #17066255
These are gorgeous Ian. I dream about getting images like these. Even the Bumble Bees fly past my "Hummingbird" friendly flowers without stopping and go to the Hosta flowers. Guess I need to hide the feeders! In the meantime, I will enjoy the Hummingbirds here on the forum.

Thanks Sandy. At first I thought I'd struck out, I was sitting there for maybe 10 minutes and you could hear crickets. But then the flotilla arrived, and they were everywhere. I thought they were going to join me in my car at one point!

bigjohninva wrote in post #17066295
Great set. Great detail.

Thanks very much John.

these are great- hope you didn't trample the neighbors garden- would like to see more

Peter2516 wrote in post #17065971
Great set Ian, Now buy your neighbor a bottle of wine.

or a print of one of these images! (my fav is #3)

I have 3 in my yard. They spend more time fighting/chasing each other than feasting on the flowers nearby. When they need refreshment, they'd drink from the feeder instead

To make the matter worse, I recently sold my 300mm f/2.8. I am waiting for the delivery of my Tamron 150-600 (and waiting ... and waiting). As a result I only have the 70-200 f/2.8 to work with at this time. It's too short for capturing these tiny, fast creatures from a distance.

Oh well ... still trying to get a decent close-up hummingbird shot ... and still waiting for that Tamron.

CaptBob wrote in post #17066499
these are great- hope you didn't trample the neighbors garden- would like to see more

Thanks very much Bob. Click on this link to my Flickr page, all the rest I kept are uploaded there. https://www.flickr.com​/photos/wallaceriver/

steelbluesleepr wrote in post #17066522
or a print of one of these images! (my fav is #3)

Ha, thanks. She already has three of my hummers framed and on her walls.

ldn323 wrote in post #17066525
I have 3 in my yard. They spend more time fighting/chasing each other than feasting on the flowers nearby. When they need refreshment, they'd drink from the feeder instead

To make the matter worse, I recently sold my 300mm f/2.8. I am waiting for the delivery of my Tamron 150-600 (and waiting ... and waiting). As a result I only have the 70-200 f/2.8 to work with at this time. It's too short for capturing these tiny, fast creatures from a distance.

Oh well ... still trying to get a decent close-up hummingbird shot ... and still waiting for that Tamron.

Keep at it, Linh, they do slow down enough to eat, eventually. Good luck with that new lens!

Yes you did and what a raid! Beautifully done Ian!
(Linh, bad move!)

Beautiful shots Ian! WOW is what comes to mind.

Gorgeous, Ian. OK, she's the gardener and you're the photographer. Sounds like a great arrangement!