Anna's Hummingbird - at our backyard feeder.  5-19-13
We call our back courtyard the hummingbird highway.  These beautiful little creatures flit from one yard to another chattering & moving at the speed of light!  I have made numerous attempts to capture one at our feeder and finally today I met with success! 
 I actually hid under our grapefruit tree with  tripod and a cloth over my head and the camera.  It was pretty shady so I put on the fill flash but it actually had to flash through the cloth.  The noise of the camera and flash caused the little bird to stop and look around - giving me an opportunity to catch a crisp photo.  (View larger to see the beautiful detail of the red iridescent throat feathers) 
Great day for photography!
Anna's Hummingbird - at my backyard feeder.  5-19-13
We call our back courtyard the hummingbird highway.  These beautiful little creatures flit from one yard to another chattering & moving at the speed of light!  I have made numerous attempts to capture one at our feeder and finally today I met with success! 
 I actually hid under our grapefruit tree with  tripod and a cloth over my head and the camera.  It was pretty shady so I put on the fill flash but it actually had to flash through the cloth.  The noise of the camera and flash caused the little bird to stop and look around - giving me an opportunity to catch a crisp photo.  (View larger to see the beautiful detail of the red iridescent throat feathers) 
Great day for photography!
Saturday project.  My husband decided to repaint the wrought iron grill work on our front courtyard and I shaped up the agave cactus!  Things look fabulous!
Anna's Hummingbird - at our backyard feeder. 5-19-13
We call our back courtyard the hummingbird highway. These beautiful little creatures flit from one yard to another chattering & moving at the speed of light! I have made numerous attempts to capture one at our feeder and finally today I met with success!
I actually hid under our grapefruit tree with tripod and a cloth over my head and the camera. It was pretty shady so I put on the fill flash but it actually had to flash through the cloth. The noise of the camera and flash caused the little bird to stop and look around - giving me an opportunity to catch a crisp photo. (View larger to see the beautiful detail of the red iridescent throat feathers)
Great day for photography!
Anna's Hummingbird - at our backyard feeder.  5-19-13
We call our back courtyard the hummingbird highway.  These beautiful little creatures flit from one yard to another chattering & moving at the speed of light!  I have made numerous attempts to capture one at our feeder and finally today I met with success! 
 I actually hid under our grapefruit tree with  tripod and a cloth over my head and the camera.  It was pretty shady so I put on the fill flash but it actually had to flash through the cloth.  The noise of the camera and flash caused the little bird to stop and look around - giving me an opportunity to catch a crisp photo.  (View larger to see the beautiful detail of the red iridescent throat feathers) 
Great day for photography!
Anna's Hummingbird - at our backyard feeder. 5-19-13
We call our back courtyard the hummingbird highway. These beautiful little creatures flit from one yard to another chattering & moving at the speed of light! I have made numerous attempts to capture one at our feeder and finally today I met with success!
I actually hid under our grapefruit tree with tripod and a cloth over my head and the camera. It was pretty shady so I put on the fill flash but it actually had to flash through the cloth. The noise of the camera and flash caused the little bird to stop and look around - giving me an opportunity to catch a crisp photo. (View larger to see the beautiful detail of the red iridescent throat feathers)
Great day for photography!
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