{"id":1701,"date":"2011-04-25T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2011-04-25T06:52:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T10:52:41","slug":"monday-musings-backlit-hummingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/monday-musings-backlit-hummingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Musings – Backlit Hummingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ruby Throated Hummingbird Hovering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was photographing this Ruby Throated Hummingbird at a feeder. At the time I was under a tree, using it as camouflage. After spending several minutes at the feeder, the bird landed on a branch right next to me.<\/p>\n

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Ruby Throated Hummingbird Sticking out Tongue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I knew at the time the image would not be exposed properly because of the back lighting but I took the shot anyway thinking I might create some nice silhouettes. <\/p>\n

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Ruby Throated Hummingbird Scratching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well they are not dark enough to be real silhouettes but there is something about the images that I like.
\nIm curious, what do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was photographing this Ruby Throated Hummingbird at a feeder. At the time I was under a tree, using it as camouflage. After spending several minutes at the feeder, the bird landed on a branch right next to me. I knew at the time the image would not be exposed properly because of the back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-monday-musings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t