Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Cold and wet

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, GREEN, MICHIGAN, JUNE 5, 2019

Pentax K-3
Pentax-F 300mm f4.5 with 1.4x Pentax extender (420mm)
1/200 sec. f8
ISO 1600

All puffed up in a tiny down jacket, this hummer huddles against fog and cold during a gray and blustery day on the shore of Lake Superior. It's a male ruby-throated, but its throat will appear black if the light is not just so. I shot the photo through the living room window.