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      06-03-2012, 09:21 PM   #8119
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he looks ready for battle!
You're right. He was guarding his flower patch, dive bombing other hummers, bumble bees and any other bird, including some that were 10-times larger than him. I watched for an hour and a half and he never took any nectar. All his energy went into incredible dive bombing run. He dive straight down from around 30-feet and then pull out at the last second.

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You're right. He was guarding his flower patch, dive bombing other hummers, bumble bees and any other bird, including some that were 10-times larger than him. I watched for an hour and a half and he never took any nectar. All his energy went into incredible dive bombing run. He dive straight down from around 30-feet and then pull out at the last second.

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They are fantastic to watch. Surprised he didn't take any nectar to keep his energy level up. Crazy little guys.
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Dude, not so big, please. Have mercy on the cell phone browsers.
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Dude, not so big, please. Have mercy on the cell phone browsers.
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i feel like she's lost in the photo, might be due to the super dark upper left, maybe a landscape crop to get rid of the dark corner and limit some of the blown out window?
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Boom, home run. Nice one, rodi.
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i feel like she's lost in the photo, might be due to the super dark upper left, maybe a landscape crop to get rid of the dark corner and limit some of the blown out window?
I'm sorry but I have to disagree on all those points. :\


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I'm sorry but I have to disagree on all those points. :\


thanks, Mark.
no worries I do like the photo still. Was just my opinion.
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try to think of it as the person not being the real subject of the photo.
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try to think of it as the person not being the real subject of the photo.
Personally, I was wowed by the snowy white sheets.
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Personally, I was wowed by the snowy white sheets.
What sheets?
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What sheets?
The nice round ones. Duh.
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We went to Rosa Mexicano in NYC for dinner tonight.

Best. Guacamole. Ever. Made tableside.

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      06-05-2012, 12:37 AM   #8136
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The nice round ones. Duh.
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nice shot, but you might want to straighten the horizon.

Btw, I think that photo would look killer with a 10-stop ND filter.
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