Two HummingBirds
by Darren Fisher
Title
Two HummingBirds
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A fantastic capture of two hummingbirds. One perched while the other is flying around. These two were so cute playing in the rain and teasing one another. I did add digital effects to create a painterly look to my image. Hummingbirds are New World birds that constitute the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5�13 cm (3�5 in) range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm bee hummingbird weighing less than a U.S. penny (2.5 g).
They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, typically around 50 times per second, allowing them also to fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph).
Hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any homeothermic animal. To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, slowing metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate.
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July 24th, 2016
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Comments (13)
Rusalka Koroleva
Great image, Darren, very original! Love the way you captured the two birds - face to each other - static and in movement - and the colors are very tender and sweet! L/F
Nikolyn McDonald
Lovely capture and presentation - so spring. Makes me feel as if I am present in the moment, enjoying these two beautiful hummers.
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