Partly sunny, cool
(low 60s) and breezy
I replenished the hummingbird
feeders around the house this morning and the feast was well received. At least two hummingbirds have decided
to call our place home for a while and have made repeated trips back and forth
to the feeders. I broke out the
longer lens and positioned myself inside the open door leading out to the deck
where one of the feeders is located.
The hummers seemed much more comfortable with me at a distance and
allowed me to get some decent shots.
At first, I simply concentrated on
getting a clear shot of the perched bird.
Once I was satisfied with the
results from that group of shots, I tried for a closer shot of just the
head. Once again, a few shots
returned a pretty nice portrait.
Finally, I boosted the speed
of the sensor and moved the shutter speed up to 1/1250 second and managed to
freeze the little guy in mid-flight.
Patience has its rewards.
We rounded out the day with a
short trip over to Sterling Forest to see if the Mississippi kite I
photographed several weeks ago was still on the scene. We were happy to see the bird make
several passes by the parking area where he has been seen in the past. He chose not to land in his favorite
tree, however, so we were resigned to getting our mind’s eye image and not one
with the camera. All in all a very
pleasant and successful day just the same.
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