Hummingbird Photography the easy way…..
In my post yesterday, I mentioned the prototype sensor I have been field testing for Cognisys Inc. I have used it for mammals, rodents, birds, and as shown in this post, hummingbirds. I have spent thousands of hours behind a camera photographing hummingbirds, and I have even pulled off a few good images. In the [...]
Over 10 gallons a week…..
The people at Costco think I must have a really sweet tooth – I buy several 5lb bags of sugar a week! Right now, the hummingbird population around the property must be over 150. My hummingbird photography workshops are in full swing, and we are getting some great images. I am producing well over [...]
Hummingbird Photography Overview
Adult Male Black-Chinned Hummingbird photographed with High Speed Flash © Roy Dunn I have been photographing hummingbirds for well over 10 years, in fact ever since I moved to the US in 1996. My first attempts (like most people’s) were small blurry dots, as I tried to chase Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds around my garden in North [...]
A few tips for hummingbird photography….
To those interested in pursuing the challenge of obtaining great hummer shots, I offer a few tips. There are literally tens of thousands of images of hummingbirds on the Internet, however only a few percent of them are beyond a small blurry spot in a large frame. I have also seen images for sale (for [...]
Attracting Hummers
It is not difficult to attract hummingbirds to your house or garden, assuming you live in an area where they exist, even transiently. Just a feeder or two, and/or some flowers that hummers are partial to, will see them becoming regular visitors. It might take an hour, or several months, but once they find your [...]
The Best Hummingbird Feeders To Attract Hummers
I have tried just about every type of hummingbird feeder in existence over the years, from small ornate ones to the industrial sized Perky Pets Grand Master. I have settled on two types of feeder, dependent upon the population density of the hummingbirds. Over winter and early spring, I use an excellent feeder, called the [...]
Top 5 Hummingbird Myths
Here are a bunch of hummers happily feeding at a feeder that has colorless sugar water in it. The red of the base is sufficient to attract the attention of the birds, and once they figure it is a food source, you could replace the red with any color at all, and they will return. [...]
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