"The Gift" - Winner GNPA 2011
Uploaded: September 16, 2010
"Sometimes I do get to a place just when God is ready to have somebody click the shutter" Ansel Adams
This almost-grown baby hummingbird was sitting on this twig. I was focused on her and then another bird came into the frame. I thought they were fighting. Lo and behold it was her mother feeding her! How awesome is that???? My reward for feeding the hummingbirds each summer. It makes me SO HAPPY!
Taken 9/6/10 in my yard. f/8.0, 1/500, 400mm. This won Viewer's Choice at GNPA Expo 2011!
Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/500 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 400.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Carla Maddox September 16, 2010
EXTAORDINARY!!!!! So well done - thank you so much for sharing - the photo and the description.Carla #1308822
Carla Capra Anderson September 16, 2010
OMG, stunning!Michelle Earle September 17, 2010
how exciting for you, this is awesome! Michelle #8911810Anna Mary Ellerbee September 24, 2010
Thank you Carla M and Carla C as well as Michelle. I was in the right place at the right time, clicking that shutter! A friend reminded me of the saying "F/8 and Show Up"....so true!! You gotta be there to get the shots!! #8927287Johnnie Ann Gaskill February 09, 2011
Anna Mary,This is such an outstanding shot--one of my favorites out of the collection of fantastic images you've captured through the years. Hope the judges at BP love it, too!! #9223792
Anna Mary Ellerbee February 10, 2011
Thanks Johnnie, I entered it back when I took the shot and they only gave it an Editor's Pick :-( !! But I love it anyway! #9224009Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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