Hummingbird Wing Beat Pattern Envelope-8

I was quite startled coming unexpectedly upon this beautiful hummingbird, early in the morning, feeding on these orange trumpet vine flowers in my back garden. I rarely succeed in capturing hummingbirds so I didn't take the time to reset my camera to shutter speed control mode. As a result the wings are beating many times in the 1/160th second exposure.
I processed the frame to try to bring out the envelope of the wing motions.
The body does not stay stationary. In some frames you can see the body vibrating too.

It is difficult to tell if it's a Rufous or an Allen's Hummingbird.
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Taken on: September 18, 2016

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Hovering

Feeding

Tucson

Southwestern USA

North America

Arizona

Colorful

Orange

Orange Trumpet Vine

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Sets appears in: • My Tucson Hummingbirds • My Summer Garden 2016 more » • 2016 Flowers In My Alhambra Garden • Arizona 2016 • Tucson 2016 « less

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, 162.5mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Lens:	3.8-247.0mm
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	162.5mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	iPhoto 9.6.1
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