Portrait of a Hummer
by Gary Holmes
Title
Portrait of a Hummer
Artist
Gary Holmes
Medium
Photograph
Description
3/4 posed portrait of a young male Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) as it sat at our feeder in mid-morning light. The copper-orange iridenscence of its black bib contrasts with the red glow from the feeder that highlights its white belly. In less intense light, the entire front and sides of the neck are as black as its head, which allows the bird to remain undetected when it rests in vegetation. The entire bird is no more than 3 inches long from beak tip to tail.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I am an opportunist photographer of nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. I prefer to capture the spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring, and rarely photograph staged subjects other than portraits. Although I have been a photographer for decades, I have only been posting them for others to see since about September 2012.
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September 8th, 2013
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Comments (4)
Brian Carson
This shot is amazing Gary. It must of been a great moment when you realized you got this pic in such brilliant detail. Nice work. f/v
Gary Holmes replied:
Thank you, Brian, and yes, this was one of those Aha moments as I scanned through my shots that day.
Sandi OReilly
Wow, this is such and amazing, stunning close up of a hummingbird, have not seen one this close with such detail, well done, f/v.
Gary Holmes replied:
Thank you, Sandy, and I appreciate your very thoughtful comment. About once in every several thousand shots or so, everything comes out close to perfect.
Charles Dobbs
Wow! Fantastic shot!
Gary Holmes replied:
Charles, thanks for your support. I always appreciate comments from my fellow Texans as well.
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