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Dennisheckman


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Challenge: Best of 2014 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X
Lens: Canon EF 500mm f/4.0 IS II USM
Location: Sylvan Lake State Park CO
Date: Jul 18, 2014
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 2000
Shutter: 1/4000
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2015

 Captured at Sylvan Lake State Park in CO during the July camping trip. I was torn between entering this hummer vs another hummer. I entered the other one and it scored very well. I always loved this image from the moment I clicked the shutter. It was so much fun just taking this shot. It was morning, and I was waiting patiently in my outdoor concert portable chair. Then all of a sudden, this hummer visited the thistle flower. I managed to get about 10 shots before he flew off. I intentionally underexposed the entire scene due to the bright morning sun light. Even this doesn't do well in the challenge, I hope some photogs here appreciate the difficulty of getting shots like this. Cheers!

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 218
Avg (all users): 6.3496
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 6.2500
Avg (non-participants): 7.0667
Views since voting: 392
Views during voting: 205
Votes: 123
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/21/2015 07:41:14 AM
Wow!! Spectacular!!
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 01/20/2015 08:31:57 AM
Terrific shot.
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 01/16/2015 12:58:40 AM
great shot.......
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 01/15/2015 10:12:16 AM
10 for sure I can never catch those buggers!
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 01/15/2015 05:23:52 AM
Very nice. I've tried and tried to get something like this in my backyard, but don't have a fast enough lens for it. Good job!
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