Thanks, AFB -- glad to hear your colleagues liked it. Cheers!
Thanks, Oblomow!
Thanks, Cheese&Apple -- I may have to hang up my spurs if you start chasing hummingbirds! I am really enjoying your snowy owl series. The low-contrast shots from the past few days have a stark beauty to them, and I really like the fence posts and composition in today's.
Many thanks, Scepticalscribe -- I find the hummingbirds captivating to watch, even when I am not photographing them. One advantage to having these colorful birds frequenting my yard is that it is a somewhat controlled environment, so I can test different lighting setups, look for different backgrounds to shoot against, etc., and then try something entirely different the next day.
Very nice, AlaskaMoose. I'm with fcortese -- I don't think I'll ever get tired of these Aurora photos. I really like the clouds drifting overhead in this one. I hope to see the Northern Lights in person some day.
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Similar setup for today, but shot against a different background with different lighting ratios...
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Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird (Female or Juvenile) by
MCH-1138, on Flickr
D7000 Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) 1/250 @ f/11 2 Speedlights