An image from my summer hummingbird series. Shot with a Nikon D3, 70-200mm 2.8 lens. I am still desperately seeking to shoot a male ruby throated but I have yet to see one in my garden. I guess sometimes the challenge isn't operating the equipment but patience waiting for the right opportunity.

Automobile

My favorite car a 1996 Chrysler LHS with low milage. I chose to use a R-72 red filter to lighten the foliage on the trees to highlight the black car and give me some separation from the background.

This tree had bent over permanently and looked like it was just to darn tired to stand anymore.

I made an interesting discovery today. I took the three images below and stacked them and merged them in Photoshop CC and got the image above. I didn't realize I could do this with images of different focal lengths. This could open up a lot of new possibilities for my images. I will need to explore this further.

Hummingbird in Flight

Making Progress

Hummer Season

I took some time to try my hand at shooting a few hummingbirds. I found that I need a long lens of 200mm or better to compress the background.