Hummingbird Triptych
by Judi Dressler
Title
Hummingbird Triptych
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is the same Broad-tailed Hummingbird with different wing positions. The shots were taken at a friend's house near their many feeders in the mountains of Colorado.
A jewel of high mountain meadows in the west, male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds fill the summer air with loud, metallic trills as they fly. They breed at elevations up to 10,500 feet, where nighttime temperatures regularly plunge below freezing. To make it through a cold night, they slow their heart rate and drop their body temperature, entering a state of torpor. As soon as the sun comes up, displaying males show off their rose-magenta throats while performing spectacular dives. After attracting a mate, females raise the young on their own. You can find these tiny birds at masses of flowers in the high meadows, where they hover and dart around the blossoms, often fighting and chasing each other away from choice patches.
Photos taken on June 2nd, 2019, near Ward, Colorado
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July 20th, 2019
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Comments (30)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #18 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Shoal Hollingsworth
This is fantastic, I nominated this for a Special Feature in the 1000 Views group, L/F
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any other appropriate Archives l/f/p
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous triptych photograph of a hummingbird's flight, with great colors, light and shadows, timing, and composition, Judi! F/L
Brian Tada
Judy, spectacular work on this gorgeous Broad-tailed Hummingbird triptych! Beautiful light, colors and composition, so stunning! F/L
Judi Dressler
Thanks very much, Scott, for featuring this image in your group, FAA Portraits - Birds, on 7/22/19!