Gossamer Wings
by Wes and Dotty Weber
Title
Gossamer Wings
Artist
Wes and Dotty Weber
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Hummingbirds are among the smallest of birds with most measuring 3 to 5 inches in length. The smallest being the 2 inch bee hummingbird weighing less than 0.09 oz.
Their name comes from the humming sound created by their beating wings. They hover in mid-air by flapping their wings around 50 times per second.
Hummingbirds have a very high metabolism To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they go into torpor, similar to hibernation, slowing their metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate.
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July 22nd, 2018
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Gary F Richards
Spectacular green hummingbird composition, lighting, shading, brilliant colors and artwork! F/L voted
Don Columbus
Congratulations Wes and Dotty, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Kay Brewer
Outstanding! Congratulations on winning a William's Weekly Wow from the Wild Birds Group! l/f
Debby Pueschel
Can there be a better photo than a hummer at a flower???Congratulations on your Weekly Wow! FLG
Debra Martz
Wow! This is gorgeous! Love the "transparency" of the wing!! Congratulations on being chosen as one of the William's Wows!!
Judi Dressler
Gorgeous hummer image -- love that you can just see the eye through those wings! Congrats on your WoWie! l/f
William Tasker
Wes and Dotty, you won a WOWIE! This awesome image has been chosen as one of the William's Wows found in the discussions tab of the group, Wild Birds Of The World.
William Tasker
I saw this on Don's board and fell in love with it. So glad to see it here too! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Wes and Dotty Weber replied:
Of course! I was so amazed when I looked at it on my computer and saw how transparent the wings. It was truly one of those oh my gosh moments.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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