Hummer Humor (pics included)

[Tom Wilson]

Dear Lord, Thank you for this food, and the wonderful man who puts it here!

Yuck--stinkin' ants--Get off of my feeder!

[Steve Foss]

Tom, No. 2 really does it for me. With that bokeh, which perfectly complements the bird, my eye is drawn to a total study in greens.

[Tom Wilson]

Thanks Steve. Those neck feathers on the Mature birds are just amazing. When the light hits them right they are brilliant ruby red, otherwise they look like a very dark charcoal. When they are red they are also extremely shiny and reflective, when not lit, they are very dull and ashen looking. Personally, of all the birds that I keep around, it's the hummers that I like the most.

[Steve Foss]

Yes, those gorgets are mighty particular where the light's coming from. I'm not being smart when I say this, but if you crop the bird so most of the feeder's gone and photoshop out the rest of the feeder, it would truly be a study in greens. And I like those greens better than most of the traditional ruby-gorget shots of male hummers. If it's unusual and good, I'm there.

[Dbl]

Nice, very nice. #2 would be kind of interesting to see how it turned out with Steve's suggestion.