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A hummingbird in flight at a back yard feeder. Taken with a single speedlight, and a Tube attached to a canon 300mm f/4L IS USM
f/7.1, 1/50th, FL310mm, iso800
Canon 40D with 100-400mm f5.6
Shot on my back porch on a rainy day using tungsten video light with blue gel. The ruby throat patch only shows up when the bird turns toward the light. It is more evident in videos.
I also shot video of the little hummers using my XHA1. It is posted on www.vimeo.com/revcurmudgeon
Isle Lake. Taking advantage of photographing a few more before their gone. They love scarlet runners
Bucks County, PA. Is it obvious that I cloned out the feeder and inserted these flowers which were next to be feeder?
Hummingbird，are small, strictly New World birds, related to the swifts, and found chiefly in the mountains of South America. There are many types of hummingbird. I place only a few of them here and hope you like them.
Taking photos of hummingbird is a challenging task, because hummingbirds move so fast and most of time they are in forest, where lighting condition is not an ideal for high speed photographing. They are also sensitive to your movement especially your rapid movement. I found that they are actually fast enough to react to my camera's shutter sounds in some occasions. Many photos that I taken at 1/640 second are blur. I would say this is the most challenging work I have done, especially with my humble equipment. However, I managed to be able to take a few sharp photos with some tricks. :P
Documentation shots of male coming to feeder at private residence, photos taken in low light with fog,
Amherst, MA, Oct 20, 2012