Why am I Posting Bad Hummingbird Images ?
A few days ago I saw a hummingbird feeding on the sole remaining flower of our bottlebrush. From inside the house, fifteen feet from the bottlebrush, I shot the hummer with a 300 prime w/ 1.4 X (total 420 mm), handheld. I was not expecting anything but it is always good to shoot everyday even if you delete everything. I reviewed the images this morning and was preparing to “delete everything”. Something caught my eye. It was in the following shot:
This is most likely the first and last image I will ever get of a hummer feeding on an insect. I have seen laboratory images captured with high speed cameras. But to get an image with regular equipment is not skill it is just a real black swan event. Thanks for looking.
