Tiny King of the Agave

Written By Ray Hennessy
 

Photographer: Katherine Sayn-Wittgenstein

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1/500 • f/5.6 • ISO 1250 • Canon R3 • 840mm • Canon EF 600mm f/4 + 1.4x TC

This male Allen's Hummingbird was consistently returning to perch on this agave plant to monitor his territory. The plant was not in the best spot being on a median on a fairly busy street. The location presented a bit of a challenge due to road traffic and the need to get down low but also offered up 360 degrees of variable backgrounds including asphalt, wooden fences, stone walls and various blooms. This image offered the perfect light angle to set his gorget glowing against a fence and some flowers off in the distant background.

 
Ray Hennessy

Starting in 2007 my fascination with nature photography began.  In the years since, wildlife photography with a focus on birds has gone from a very passionate hobby of mine to become my career. I spend much of my free time in natural areas searching for birds and any other wildlife that comes along. I concentrate on using creative natural lighting and interesting compositions to capture unique images of common and rare wildlife. My favorite style is a more scenic photo that includes some of the habitat wildlife lives in. I also enjoy passing along the knowledge and experience that I have gathered over the years to other photographers who are eager to learn.

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