Swimming in the air - a photo on Flickriver

            Beautiful humming birds are everywhere! Very shy and feisty but incomparably gorgeous! This is spring time in San Diego! Loving every bit of it!

I hope you like the series! Shooting humming birds in the wild is a bit of a challenge but an interesting and immensely rewarding one! You get to see what these little things do while acrobating in mid air. Sometimes I just love watching them so much, I forget to click! 
Mostly, its hours of waiting time with a few seconds of high octane thrill! 
Since many message me for details, here they are (and sorry, I processed them in Aperture and somehow it screwed up the metadata, I will be careful next time)
Gear: Nikkor 80-400mm AF-S on Nikon D810, I usually set the camera to shutter priority with 1/4000 to 5000 depending on the light (but never less than 4k, I will take a sharp picture though grainy but not blurry though smooth). I wear a hooded greed/brown jacket and never wear any deo/perfume and find it helpful for getting close to the bees and birds (wife has to deal with a sweaty guy occasionally!). Hope you will find this helpful! Again thanks for you likes and comments, I highly appreciate it!

Lastly, many ask if the background is for real or not. There is NO PHOTOSHOPPING, just regular contrast, brightness, highlights, vibrance, saturation, noise and sharpness adjustments! Background is just the lawn grass bokehed out, as real as it can get! 
   

Taken on: March 24, 2015

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