During a recent trip to Deep Creek Lake (MD) I was able to get much closer to some hummingbirds than I had been able to in the past. The birds would buzz the feeders and then retreat to nearby trees. I am in the habit of wearing an bright red Washington Nationals cap and I have been told that could be attracting the birds to me too. (please see below for more text and a second photo)
When I first started photographing hummers I would concentrate on the feeders. Over time I realized that since I was on a porch that was close to the tree tops I could photograph these birds as they rested on the branches slightly above where the feeder is located. Voila! I could get shots like the one shown at the top of this post!
The photo below was taken the same day at the feeder. Both photos were taken with a 70-200 MM lens.
If you would like to see a really neat blog post I saw recently on banding hummingbirds, please go to the following link Hummingbird Banding
As always, thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a wonderful day!
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Good tips. Thanks.
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Thank you for the shout out! And I love your images. I have the very same species visiting my feeders at home. But as yet, I’ve not gotten any photos as good as yours. I have some tricky lighting to deal with. Bravo on a really nice post.
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Thanks Linda! Very happy to share your post and site. Capturing hummers with a camera is one thing, catching them for a count must be something! What fun!
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I have yet to get a good photo of hummmingbirds, and you have two nice ones already. Thanks for the tip also.
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Thank you, I think the most important thing is to be patient. I have also learned, if you feed them, they (the birds) will come! Thanks for the comment and for checking out my blog.
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