Broadbill hummingbird with Pollen Cap Metal Print
by Gregory Scott
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Broadbill hummingbird with Pollen Cap metal print by Gregory Scott. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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This Broadbilled Hummingbird was photographed in Madera Canyon, using 2 Canon flashes. It's my all time favorite photo, particularly because of the... more
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Artist's Description
This Broadbilled Hummingbird was photographed in Madera Canyon, using 2 Canon flashes. It's my all time favorite photo, particularly because of the yellow pollen on his head, which is nice in terms of color-composition, and nicer because hit helps tell the story of his ecological niche as a pollinator and insectivore.
About Gregory Scott
I'm a photographer, though sometimes I experiment in other media. My mother was an artist, and on school holidays, when she had classes at the art museum, I got to spend entire days roaming the galleries of the Cincinnati Art Museum. My twin sister is an artist, and my father took up photography about the time I did, when I was in college. I'm also a former machine tool programmer, database analyst, and mathematics and physics teacher, and those things undoubtedly have impact on my perceptions as well, as do my Christian perspective and philosophy. My favorite photographic subjects are hummingbirds, other birds in flight, and scenic beauty as seen in wilderness places, the national parks, and rural locations. As my physical health and...
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David Kehrli
Beautiful colors! You were even able to stop its wings too, NICE!
Ron Johnson
Wow! Fantastic capture and such a beauty! Great work!
Marilyn Wilson
Wow! V/F
Angelina Vick
Congratulations! Your work is being featured in Raw Critique! Beautiful details!
Jan Amiss Photography
Fantastic work!!!!
RONEL BRODERICK
Wow they are all totally stunning...I love your gallery
Sandra Conceicao
Wonderful capture!!!! V/F
Christina Rollo
Beautiful capture, very well done!
Myrna Migala
Thanks for the thread on these beauties, I love this one... I love them all!
Doris Potter
A magnificent shot!
Wibada Photo
Gregory, this is fantastic (as all of your works are)!! Details are amazing, right down to the nectar on the tip of the bird's bill. F&V
Beto Machado
Hi Gregory. I have a garden in my house and all time I watch these birds. They are so important for the ecosystem. But I liked your capture because this, I tried to do the same and I saw that's is so difficult to take a good shoot. So, fantastic capture, amazing shoot! FFFFFVVVVV!!!
Maria Disley
I can just picture the scene! Sounds magic. I can see the story of the Hummingbird Man in the shape of a kids book! Or an adults! Have you ever given that any thought?
Gregory Scott
In fact, on a good day, I shoot maybe 500 hummingbird exposures or so, deleting perhaps 30% as completely worthless, and perhaps 20 have good technical characteristics like focus on the eye (or close enough), adequate DOF, bird in a good pose, and not too badly out of frame. That probably well exceeds 60 an hour in peak hours. My favorite species is this one, the broadbill, though of course, they are all wonderful. But broadbills are iridescent from any angle, and in any lighting. They lack a distinct gorget (throat "shield") that other hummingbirds have, but their overall coloring is the most varied of any US hummingbird.
Gregory Scott
I've been spending between a week and 3 months in the southwest each year except one since 2003. An average of maybe 4 weeks per year has been devoted just to photographing hummingbirds. On the other hand, this was taken in the 1st year, on the third or fourth day of hummingbird photography, and is what I consider my all time best hummingbird photo. So it's not ALL about the luck of the pose. Arizona below interstate 10 is a treasure trove of a wide variety of hummingbird species. ALL of the species I have photographed except ruby throats, have been seen there, and most of my photos are from there. It's very slow if you get a visit an hour, and it's not unusual to have 60+ visits an hour in the early morning and late evening, when the birds tank up.
Maria Disley
I am just speechless! I s it the one bird and you photoshop her, or do you see these birds on a daily basis, there are so many and so varied ! I am just amazed atr the photography!
Bonnie Bruno
Nothing quite compares with seeing one of these beauties up close. What a fabulous capture, Gregory.
Chris Berry
like those colors
Carol Groenen
Congrats on your win in the Hummingbird on Flowers Contest! Just beautiful!
Lori Tambakis
A gorgeous capture Gregory......An absolute fav :)
Gregory Scott
Thank, y'all. Of course, all credit goes to my wonderful model.
Blair Wainman
Congratulations on your well-deserved win!! Great capture and detail!!
Kristin Elmquist
Fantastic catch, Gregory. Congrats on your First Place win. Please feel free to join the Contest Winners First Place on Fine Art America Group, if you haven't already, and upload this image to the group.