This little one landed right in front of me the other day. Luckily I had

[Immad2]

the camera.

[kliljedahl]

1. VERY nice shot, that's definitely a keeper

[Immad2]

4. Thanks - he was not more than 4 feet from me. It was quite a shock.

[intheflow]

2. What a GREAT shot!

The hummingbirds will never pose for me. The best I ever get are greenish blurs. Do you have a super telephoto lens, Immad?

[Immad2]

3. The zoom is 6X which is stock on a Fuji S7000 camera. I do wish the camera

had a bit more zoom, for example, a Mocking Bird (lower right hand corner) and a Red-tailed Hawk were battling each other in the tree next to the house and as you can see it needs to be "telephotoed"


The other Hummingbird picture is a blur.


and of course. the "You're not getting my picture shot"

[intheflow]

5. I see what you mean about the hawk & "mock" shot.

But those new hummingbird shots are still miles better than anything I've ever been able to shoot. I always think of hummingbirds as lucky sort of totems. If that's true, you must be blessed to have one hang so close to you!