Tongue Out on Butterfly Bush by jgpittenger

Tongue Out on Butterfly Bush

My favorite thing with bird photos is to catch them doing something interesting and I was so tickled to get this hummer sticking out his tongue. Pretty noisy image since ISO was 3200 but I think it's pretty neat nonetheless. Best on black.
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments re yesterday's experiment and for your visits, comments, suggestions, favs
The noise looks totally under control. I agree -- totally fun to see them doing something that conveys action and personality. Wonderful!
July 24th, 2017  
WOW...Fav
July 24th, 2017  
Great one!
July 24th, 2017  
Perfect poise -from the photographer as well as the bird! fav
July 24th, 2017  
Brilliant capture, instant fav!
July 24th, 2017  
super light, clarity, pose. fav
July 24th, 2017  
Brillant capture fav
July 24th, 2017  
That looks so full of life and colour - love it!
July 24th, 2017  
Magical capture and olours. Fav
July 24th, 2017  
Stunning colours and lighting :)
July 24th, 2017  
wow fav
July 24th, 2017  
Double WOW! Fav
July 24th, 2017  
Glorious light and perfect timing! Faved
July 24th, 2017  
Fabulous image, light, composition
July 25th, 2017  
Gorgeous
July 25th, 2017  
Exquisite Jane.
July 25th, 2017  
Wow, his tongue. OMG. Fav!!
July 25th, 2017  
Perfect!
July 25th, 2017  
Love this shot! Fav
July 25th, 2017  
The colors are beautiful and the capture of the tongue is amazing. I didn't know they had such long tongues.
July 25th, 2017  
@moonmtn yes, the tongue is amazing. I've only captured it a couple of times
July 25th, 2017  
Fantastic! FAv.
July 25th, 2017  
amazing capture . saw my humming bird for the first time at the feeder yesterday. Grabbed the camera ....and gone oh well he'll be back
July 25th, 2017  
Super capture. Don't think with the higher ISO, that it affected it that much at all. Guess with the fast shutter speed, that helps. I got my first hummer today and thing it had it's tongue out also. I might need to crank up the ISO on mine and see what happens. With my camera, if I crank it up too much, it get's really grainy.
July 25th, 2017  
Looks pretty darned good to me, love the purple streaks, makes an interesting background.
July 25th, 2017  
wow - love it - fav
July 25th, 2017  
wow-beautiful!
July 25th, 2017  
Gorgeous!
July 25th, 2017  
Wonderful colors... like jewels! Seeing his tongue is a bonus... fabulous shot.
July 26th, 2017  
Amazing capture of that tongue - and the rest of him!
July 26th, 2017  
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