Places & Things: On Location: Arizona: Humming Bird

Darting around, more like large insects than birds, humming birds can be a challenge to photograph. Fortunately, they are rather still while they feed, as was this bird when I made this exposure. Frozen in time, the delicate structure of the head and body feathers, depicted in crisp detail, are offset by the soft pink blossoms on the right, giving us an extended glimpse into the lives of these amazing little birds.
Humming Bird, March, 2005

Darting around, more like large insects than birds, humming birds can be a challenge to photograph. Fortunately, they are rather still while they feed, as was this bird when I made this exposure. Frozen in time, the delicate structure of the head and body feathers, depicted in crisp detail, are offset by the soft pink blossoms on the right, giving us an extended glimpse into the lives of these amazing little birds.