A photo of the day without even leaving the house! The community here has a lovely garden which attracts loud frogs at night, and a range of birds during the day. I spent about an hour mid-afternoon waiting for the hummingbird to move round to a suitable bit of blossom with a uncluttered background. I kept the shutter speed up above 1/1000 sec, paying for it with a higher ISO and a bit of grain, but the wings are still a blur!I also got a picture of a butterfly on the same tree. It was a tough decision between the two pics - but I've now got round to setting up the 'Pic of the Day - Runners Up' folder on Picasa
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/jmbroscombe/PhotoOfTheDayRunnersUp#
So: did I choose the right one? Either is fine for celebrating the Birthday of Charles Darwin today!
Hi B, A problem... On the picasa runners up page there is only another humming bird pic, which by the way is also fantastic, where is the butterfly and what species is the hummingbird and/or buttterfly ? Win
ReplyDeleteThis one I think is the best so far.
ReplyDeleteHi again, Thanks for putting up the butterfly pic. That's my favourite (but I would say that) It is a Female Monarch (Danaus plexippus). Win
ReplyDeleteLovely picture B! Well done for getting a humming bird at all I know I couldn't. I kind of like that you can't see it's wings looks like it just floats. :)
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