Archilochus colubris

I had fun with these guys this past weekend. I hope you enjoy.

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those are absolutley awesome everyone of them imho ,,, thank you for sharing

I love to see these birds feeding on real flowers like this, Many of the shots really have a metering problem it looks like the white areas have no details on many shots. The light looks very harsh here, these birds normally return every 20 minutes to feed unless there are many more flowers around for them to feed on. Keep shooting and if the sun is the same next time set your ambient exposure compensation to minus - 2/3rds should keep the whites under control and also give you a faster shutter speed.

wow, i really like the last 2 shots. i am still waiting to even just see a hummingbird in my area.

Great shots! 6 and 8 especially are priceless!

Good shots, all of them. Nice and sharp.

Apart from a few blown highlights, these are great shots! I absolutely love #5, and #4 is at an angle we don't see too often for hummingbirds (heck, birds in general!). Nicely done. (Also, keep Eric's suggestions in mind for next time...)

Excellent thanks. I was wondering what to do. They come around for about 2-3 minutes about every 15 to 20 minutes.


Thanks for all comments. They are my yearly challenge

awsome shots thanks for sharing,i have been trying for a few days to get a good shot with my new bigma,but havent yet.

Maybe no 2 might have whites a little blown out but 7 out of 8 ain't real bad . Nice work, I wish we had these lovely birds over here, EW.

Simply beautiful birds, love the sharpness. I like the last 4 the most but all are pretty good besides the blowouts (which aren't that bad). GJ, wonderful captures

beautiful shots. What lens did you use?

I used the 20D with the 70-200 2.8L.
Thanks