One of my favorite photography subjects from our trip to the zoo was not an official resident. I’m referring to the elusive hummingbird, of course. I am forever trying to get the perfect hummingbird image. It’s one of my holy grail images. It’s rare for me to even see a hummingbird when I’m holding a camera with a really long lens. I did at the zoo.
This little fellow darted around and fed long enough for me to get quite a few images. None were perfect, of course. Either the background was distracting or the bird wasn’t in focus or there was a leaf or twig blocking part of his body. But some were pretty darn good.
I tried to clean up the background as much as possible. If I was a little more skilled at Photoshop and a little more patient, I could probably get a clear blue sky behind the bird.
This one had the cleanest background, but the wings were a little blurrier than I would like. You want a little blur to convey motion, but not this much. It would take a ridiculously fast shutter speed to completely freeze the wing motion anyway.
Once again I’ve managed to stretch one day’s worth of photography into 5 posts. Pretty impressive, don’t you think? It might be a while before I break out the camera again.