Hummingbirds

[Linda and "Toby"]

My in-laws have the cutest little hummingbirds that live in their backyard. I took my camera outside this week and snapped a few shots. 

Canon EOS 5D... ISO 400... 70-200mm lens @ 100mm... f/6.3... 1/2000 sec.

 

Canon EOS 5D... ISO 1250... 70-200mm lens @ 200mm... f/6.3... 1/4000 sec.

 

Canon EOS 5D... ISO 3200... 70-200mm lens @ 200mm... f/6.3... 1/3200 sec.

 

Canon EOS 5D... ISO 3200... 70-200mm lens @ 200mm... f/7.1... 1/8000 sec.

 

Canon EOS 5D... ISO 3200... 70-200mm lens @ 200mm... f/13... 1/2500 sec.

 

They also have a tiny little orange tree with pretty little oranges...

Canon EOS 5D... ISO 1600... 70-200mm lens @ 200mm... f/6.3... 1/320 sec.

 

...and look at these beautiful Cosmos blooming around their yard - - in November! I envy my mother in law's green thumb!

Canon EOS 5D... ISO 320... 70-200mm lens @ 189mm... f/6.3... 1/500 sec.

[Donna K & Quincy]

Linda these are all great but that fourth one is special, what a great viewpoint.

[Linda and "Toby"]

Thanks, Donna. These little fellas dart around sooooo fast, it's really hard for the auto focus to lock in on them. #4 was a totally "lucky" shot!

[Diane Margetts]

Beautiful! Last year, we had a tiny hummingbird nest in a tree in our front yard. I really wanted to get photos of mom anr babies when they hatched but I also didn't want to be intrusive. We left tow for the weekend. We returned to finds that a rain storm had washed the nest away . . . so sad . . .

[Linda and "Toby"]

Thank you, Diane, - and aw, that story breaks my heart! :(

[Carol and Banjo]

All beautiful LInda........Just love that first photo....of that little "jewel" of a bird!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

This is special.  Just Fantastic.

[F, Calla & Luca]

OMD. I love hummingbirds but I rarely see them in my garden. These are fabulous pictures with such clarity and color. I do believe you have made my day. Once when I was in Costa Rica, we were at a place with many, many hummingbird feeders and you could stand there and listen to the hummingbirds zoom by you. They cam in all sizes and colors. But your in laws have quite the variety too.

[Linda and "Toby"]

Thank you, everyone. Those little red "jewels" on their neck and head sparkle really pretty in the sunlight.  

I love the sound they make, too, F! Especially the little "clicking" sound they make when they talk to you, and the way you can hear the vibration of their wings when they fly close by. 

[F, Calla & Luca]

I've never hear the clicking, maybe someday. But the whrrrr of the wings, lovely.

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

Awesome!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

All wonderful, but number four is prizewinning.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Beautiful shots, Linda. We have hummingbirds, but the only thing I can do is enjoy them as they flit by.  I could never get shots like yours.  I am in awe!