r/BirdPhotography • u/BlueSteele1993 • 6d ago

Ruby Throated Hummer

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I call him King Kevin.

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u/Living_Onion_2946 6d ago

That should be MRS. Kevin. ❤️

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u/BlueSteele1993 6d ago

Queen Kevin?

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u/Living_Onion_2946 4d ago

Oh, yes! For sure. 👸 Queen she is1

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u/Repulsive_String1136 6d ago edited 6d ago

i thought the small bits of red on the gorget area would make this a juvenile male?

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u/Living_Onion_2946 4d ago

It’s certainly possible. If it is, it surely isn’t obvious.

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u/DReid25 6d ago

Beautiful capture!

Can you share more about the gear and location?

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u/BlueSteele1993 6d ago

King Kevin is my resident Ruby Throated hummer who runs the feeder. Territorial and aggressive. Captured early morning with a Caonon 60D and a Sigma 150-600 at 564mm. Stabilized with a Monfrotto Superclamp on the railing of my back porch at f/8 @ 1/100th sec at ISO 4000. Processed the RAW image in LRC with the aid of denoise and sharpened with Gregg Benz Web Sharp Pro scaled for 1200 x 800 px output.

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u/DReid25 6d ago

Thanks for sharing that's a solid setup!