baby hummingbirds

[alonewiththemoon]

This is a very neat peek at the early lives of hummingbirds. The photo essay is perhaps the most amazing at the very end, when you are given a size reference for the nest and realize how really incredible the photography is.

Comments

[rojagato.livejournal.com]

How lizardlike they are when first hatched!

[silentq.livejournal.com]

Hummingbirds are louder than I expected, I had one startle me by going right past my head this weekend.

[slickgothgurl.livejournal.com]

wow! i knew they were small, but that's TINY!

[sbazzy.livejournal.com]

neat! thanks for posting these.

[atalanta.livejournal.com]

I love that site :)

[sittingstill.livejournal.com]

"These photos were captured by a Panasonic DMC FZ20 digital camera."

I have the DMC FZ5 and can attest that the 12x optical zoom makes all the difference in magnifying the tiny and bringing near the distant. (I also understand now why the instruction manual had a specific setting recommendation for taking photos of insects!)