Humming-butt. We are blessed in that our back porch is regularly visited by these cheeky little flying jewels. I have tried to photograph them for some years and failed. I have just finished improving the technology and it’s good enough now, but have still not captured one in flight or looking at me. Summer project!
@daveshea@mattmay Obviously the wing has to stop very briefly with each direction change, so there's always the chance to get lucky. That's what they tell me anyhow.
@jawnsy Tamron 150-500 @ 284mm, f5.6, maybe 10m away. But actually they're not that shy, I’ve had ’em fly right up a couple inches in front of my face. Was trying today with the old 18-55mm “kit” lens from only maybe 8ft away, didn’t seem to bother them at all, but I couldn’t get a good angle for the light. I use the app to shoot from my phone so I don't have to reach fort the camera.
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