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Two Ruby-throat Hummingbirds spar over a spot at the feeder.

I appreciate every view and comment - thank you!

[Anu]

perfect!!!!!!stupendously brilliant!!!

[Aaron]

SO good Cissy! Fave! Twice! :)

[Linda]

That is an absolutely perfect shot!!!! FAV

[Mark Lynham]

Your shots are incredible!

[Mark Lynham]

oh, FAV!

[Pam Hawkes]

Wow! Instant Fav!!

[Bev]

This is an excellent shot!

[Jane Pittenger]

Fabulous focus and freeze action. Fav

[cheryl]

amazing!!!! FAV!

[Michelle]

OMG wow that is amazing action shot

[scooter]

Fav! fantastic!!!

[Allison Maltese]

Awesome. FAV!! I figured you had to have used a very high shutter speed. What a great shot.

[Vee]

You caught the moment perfectly!

[Aurora Linda]

Wow!!! This is superb! Fav

[Phil Bacon]

Fantastic! How do you get such amazing shots?

[Robin]

Great capture! Fav. for me.

[Catherine W.]

Why don't they learn, there's plenty of spots for both? Awesome capture!!! Fav!

[Linda]

Congrats on the PP

[Susan T]

Awesome capture!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Oh you are kidding me! You seriously take the best bird shots! I need to get a bigger telephoto lol.

[Mike]

That looks a bit tetchy, but I hope they found a compromise! Lovely action though. Fav

[Cissy B.]

@tommiel Thank you so much!

[Junan Heath]

Spectacular action shot!! Fav!

[Debbie]

WOW! Amazing shot! A fav!

[Lonewolfman]

My New Fav of Favs ... This is a Perfect Catch ... I have been trin to catch this shot all year ... I know how hard it is to catch Multiples on the same plane ... Vert. or Horz. ... I have gotten a couple ... but Nothing with this much Detail and Clarity ... Absolutely Outstanding ... Peace to You ... Fav of Fav ...

[Mary Lou]

wow!!! This is so outstanging I wish I could triple fav it!

[Raymond Brettschneider]

Wow, I did not know they could be this fierce! Excellent work on keeping the dynamics in place while still really freezing the moment.

[Bill]

Fav

[Lyn]

Cissy...stunner!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture. Fav!

[Shirley Jess]

Wonderful capture! A FAV!

[Al Perry]

SMH WOW......

[Tami Skipper]

Awesome! It's hard to get one hummingbird and you got two! FAV!

[Tara]

FAV for sure. The detail on both birds is absolutely amazing. You really captured a moment in time wonderfully. Wow!

[Tricia O'Donnell]

incredible! amazing close up fav

[Myrna O'Hara]

I came back to look at this a 2nd time. Just really amazing.

[Cheryll Clewett]

This is absolutely stunning. I am totally in awe.

[Corinne]

Wow. Just WOW.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Pardon my rude language, but when I saw this,I just said "HOLY CRAP!" and my husband had to ask what I was seeing. I showed him. He was like 'yep! Holy crap!" Fav this is the best!

[Chrissie]

Incredible shot. Just perfect.

[Linda Lorraine]

I'm in awe! TWO?! and so clear! FAV!

[Kim]

OMG this is amazing, have to FAV! What wonderful timing and clarity.

[Amanda Thepanda]

Amazing shot - Fav

[Aaron]

Every time I see this shot on the PP, I want to come over and fave it again! :)

[Nick]

thats amazing, ive tried to photo humming birds when on holiday and they are so fast i found it almost impossible

[Karen Walters]

This is so incredible... fantastic.

[Laura Thornton]

I have no idea how you do this. Stunning. I love all of your photos!

[Skip Tribby]

I don't know what to say Cissy! What a mind boggling capture to catch two hummingbirds and have them both be in incredible sharpness!! Allow be to add my Fav to the long list!

[Cissy B.]

@skipt07 Skip - thank you so much. I was as surprised as anyone to get this shot. I knew there was a lot of activity at that moment among the birds, and I just kept focusing and shooting. Persistence paid off! :-)

[Kathryn Marshall]

I saw this on the PP page. Congrats! This is an awesome capture. A fav.

[Cissy B.]

@daisy Thank you! :-)

[❀ Lynn]

Incredible! Instant Fav! You amaze me!

[Aaron]

Congrats on #2 in the T20, well done!!

[Lara Zinn]

amazing!!!

[Donna]

i saw this on top 20! it is spectacular in every way! congratulations!

[Sue Wilde]

This is a spectacular shot. Congratulations

[Cissy B.]

@carrapeta00 @pointnshoot28 @swilde Thanks so much, I greatly appreciate your kind words!

[Roberta Clark Chalmers]

Perfect capture! Congrats on the Top 20.

[debi]

this is amazing......Fav!

[Alison Bailey]

Just found this on the top 20 - ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh wowwwwwww! Total magic, brilliantly done! Fav'd.

[Helen]

This is amazing!! Fav!

[Heather 43]

Oh my! Awesome shot. Thanks for sharing

[Kelly Gareau]

Wow! This is an amazing photo. May I ask what type of lens you are using?

[Cissy B.]

@gareauk1 Thank you for your comment, fav and follow. For this shot, I used a Nikon 300mm f/2.8 mounted on a Nikon 1.7x teleconverter, for a total of 500mm reach. It's a wonderful setup! I took the shot from about 12' away.

[Gina]

Amazing! FAV'ed

[Grant Sams]

Stunning detail and timing