Backyard Humming Birds
August 11, 2009 by Spencer
This was my first attempt at shooting humming birds. I have had sugar water feeders out around my home since early spring, the birds are feeding heavily on them now, to get ready for their migration. This shoot was set up using a 70 to 200 mm lens, set to aperture priority the f stop was set to f5 with a –1/3 compensation speed was aporx 1/1000. The first step was to take all of the bird feeders down, so they would naturally be drawn to the only one I had set up. I used a silk flower with a small feeder behind it, both are hanging from fishing line. The whole setup was placed in open shade, were a feeder normally is. Within in a few minutes, my little guys started showing up for the food, and my photo shoot. Unfortunately, I was only able to shoot for about 1 hour before it got way too hot (that’s North Carolina weather for ya, in August). I definitely plan on doing more weekend shoots like this, right in my own backyard.
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