By:Chris Fastie (cfastie) on July 13, 2009
Tags: wildlife , fastie , fofs , garden , salisburyvt , vermont , epic100 , 55-200mm , usa , horticulture

My apologies to those whose knowledge of the fierce territoriality of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds might make the above scene a perplexing distortion of reality. Rarely will the local male allow birds others than his mate to use a food source in his territory, so a feeding flock like this is impossible, and has a biological spookiness to it, like cloned pets. In a sense, the distorted reality is due only to the integration over time that is a feature of all GigaPan panoramas. It’s just highlighted here by selectively capturing the moments to integrate. This image is a record of one visit to my patio by a male (dark throat) and three visits by females (probably the same one).
In case Mom asks: EVERY ONE OF THE BIRDS IN THE PANO IS SHAUN WHITE (and his boo). (see http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15884)

Notes: The Epic 100 did not capture any birds in the panorama, so afterwards I turned off the imager, set the D40 to continuous shutter at 1/1600 second and single area autofocus, and waited. One can get carried away with this, so I made sure to drop in birds (and insects) only where they were actually photographed in the scene.

Date Taken: July 13, 2009
Date Added: July 24, 2009
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Total Views: 529 views
Gear: Nikon D40, Nikkor 55-200mm VR AF-S f/4-5.6 G ED, Epic 100
Snapshots: 6
Size: 0.21 gigapixels
Field of View: degrees wide, degrees high