Hummingbird on the wing

[ANIMAMUNDI]

White-whiskered Hermit from the cloud forests of Mindo, Ecuador. Handheld shot, Nikon D300, in-camera flash + SB600 in remote, AF on.

Sorry for the 72ppi, watermarked image - but you can enjoy it in all its high-res glory on our free quarterly online magazine ANIMA MUNDI - Adventures in Wildlife Photography - each issue a 140-page high-quality pdf available for free downloading at www.animamundimag.com...check it out, it's completely free :thumbsup:

[Chanticleer47]

Nice shot. Every time I try to capture an image of a hummingbird, it always seems to make me zig when it zags - I feel like they do it on purpose!

[ANIMAMUNDI]

Yes, they can truly drive one nuts...but it's great fun! We'll be publishing a 50-page article to the fine art of hand-held hummingbird photography on the April issue of our free online magazine ANIMA MUNDI - Adventures in Wildlife Photography, you'll find plenty more interesting examples there :thumbsup:

[ANIMAMUNDI]

Here's another good example...Again, sorry for the 72ppi, watermarked image - but you can enjoy it in all its high-res glory on our free quarterly online magazine ANIMA MUNDI - Adventures in Wildlife Photography - each issue a 140-page high-quality pdf available for free downloading at www.animamundimag.com...check it out, it's completely free :thumbsup:

[wfooshee]

I can appreciate the effort to get these, what with uncooperative birds always flicking to and fro instead of posing like nice little subjects. I guess you catch the occasional hover?

Reminds me of my dragonflies. Half hour at a time, shoot for a while, then delete, delete, delete, delete, maybe, delete, delete, maybe, shoot some more and repeat, and then one in four 'maybes' turn out to be keepers.

[Shyanni]

Nice hummers! I like the second one better -- not as colorful, but sharper.