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Anna's flashing gorget

            Anna's hummingbird, Calypte anna
Berkeley Meadows
Berkeley, California

It was kind of a gray day, lots of gray clouds all about.  Yet there was enough late afternoon sunlight to reflect the glittery color of the throat (gorget).

In case you were wondering....  here's the story of the shot.  Although it doesn't look like it, this bird was about ten feet up in a bush, near the top.  So I was shooting up -- from about 30 feet away, using the Nikon Fieldscope and Tamron 1.4 magnifier lens.  Because of the angle of the shot, there was only grey sky behind the bush.

The gray color bothers me a bit -- looks like it was shot against a wall or in a studio.  I suppose I could have tried to colorize the background in Photoshop; maybe I'll try that and see if that gives it less of a staged appearance. 

I've had such poor luck, generally, getting photos of hummingbirds showing off their iridescent feathers.  Then I get one where it does and the background looks funny.  What's a guy to do?

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Taken in: United States / California / Berkeley / Marina (show map)

Taken on: February 26, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D5000, f/0, 1/125 sec, 0mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5000
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	0mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	+5 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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