Hummingbird Escape Metal Print

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Hummingbird Escape is based on an image taken in my front yard. I installed a hummingbird feeder on a tree very close to our front door. The photographic shots required me to pre-focus my lens on the lip of the feeder and then to wait for a hummingbird to approach for a sip of liquid sugar. When in flight you cannot see the wings as shown here. They are beating 38-70 beats per second and they make a humming sound while in the air (thus the name). The camera shutter freezes the movement of the wings.

This artistic rendition is my interpretation of the brilliant saturated colors of the hummingbird and the feeder with foliage in the background. The green and blue colors of the hummingbird are a figment of my imagination. Too often we fail to recognize the beauty of nature surrounding us. My yard and the parks and attractions near to my home are the source of many of my photographs and art.

I am an artist and photographer with more than twenty years of experience in the photographic arts, I started out in the film era developing my own black and white and color slides in a home darkroom in Tempe, Arizona. My nature and fine art images reflect my travels throughout the American Southwest with extensive photo excursions in Arizona, New Mexico and California. I photograph Major League Baseball Spring Training at Surprise Stadium, home of the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. My color images capture the brilliant greens and blues of nature, while my black and white images feature strong contrast utilizing techniques that present tack-sharp subjects with interesting composition. Many of my black and white...