Comments on: Hummingbird Tongues

By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:12:12 +0000

I love that! A newly acquired skill just being used like there is no tomorrow! RIGHT DANG ON!

Holy Moly this is so fun!

By: karen from mentor

karen from mentor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:07:27 +0000

I just love cool pictures…and yes….now that I have a new skill…embedding links….I want to use it TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD….no….no….to point people to cool things when they come up in the comment thread. Thanks for the permission.

Loved loved loved the geeze louise. come see what I said about it.

Karen

By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:36:27 +0000

Hi,
Thank you for stopping by. I wish there was more time in the day so I could read everyone’s blogs all the time!

Yes, you can link to it (is this something new you learned to do and now you are a “mad-woman” about it?)—Just kidding, I thought I remember you saying you just learned to embed links.

I got lucky to get that tongue. It must be at full length, do you think?

By: karen from mentor

karen from mentor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:24:19 +0000

Terre,
Thanks for stopping in to see me today for Judy’s Q&A. I mentioned loving this picture in my answer.
do you mind if I embed a link to it?
Come back anytime.
Karen

By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:20:22 +0000

No, not really (a great photographer) just lucky. But if you watch them (hummingbirds) they stick out their tongues a lot. Maybe it is part of the way they smell? I love our hummingbirds. Thanks for always making sure they are well fed!

By: John Pruitt

John Pruitt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:03:27 +0000

I can’t help but think of Gene Simmons and hear “God of Thunder” whenever I see these pics. You are a great photographer!

By: terrepruitt

terrepruitt — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:05:17 +0000

You are so funny. What a great cheerleader you are.

I used to be really bummed that I would take hundreds of pictures and MAYBE one would be acceptable, but . . . I watched something once where a nature photographer was talking and he said he took THOUSANDS of pictures just to get one good one. I used to see that one good one and think it was the talent alone of the photographer, but it is also patience. That one great shot I was looking at was probably one of THOUSANDS. But I still understand that it would be better if I knew how to set all the settings on the camera.

Recently I was taking hummingbird photos and all you see is a blur. Really, there is nothing but a blur, they are soooooo fast. I just read one thing that say their wings can beat up to 200 beats per second when they are in “dive mode.”

Thank you so much for your comment.

By: judy

judy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:15:56 +0000

I LOVE this post. Not just for the amazing pictures (and they are) and the cool hummingbird facts (you know how I am about cool facts), but for this statement: “Since I am not a professional photographer, I just have to sit there and take picture after picture and hope I end up with a good one.” So often when we don’t do things (take pictures, draw, write, even excercise… can you say Nia?) it’s because we think we can’t. And we think all the people who can were born with their talents. We assume that, for everyone else, it comes naturally. Seriously, Terre, your pictures are so good; it’s a wonderful reminder that most often, success comes from a lot of hard work and diligence, not just being born the most gifted.

Officially my favorite Terre Pruitt post EVER!