Everyone knows how difficult is to photograph a humming
bird. They are fast and very unpredictable. So I went the Audubon Center is
South Britain, CT, a great location. Inside their balcony on their barn they
have several Hummingbird feeders. I setup my camera on a tripod facing the
feeders and waited for them to come to me. There was some activity, not much, and
many of my shots were throwaways but I got some results. I started by setting
my shutter two steps down to make up for the light and used 400 ISO to increase
the speed. That did not make much of a difference as these birds are super-fast.
Here is Connecticut we have the Rudy-throated Hummingbird.
It migrates to Mexico and south of the border every winter but what is most
amazing is that they migrate back at night and cross the Gulf in one flight thanks
to an increase of fat and weight that happens just 10 days before migration.
Thanks to digital photography, it makes no difference how
many pictures you take. Delete is always available and it does not coast a
dime. So take one afternoon and visit a predictable location and start taking
pictures.
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