Hummingbird picture taking advice

**Tracker123** · 05-13-2013, 08:14 PM

We have lots of humming birds around the feeders right now. How do you guys/gals take pictures of them when they are moving so fast? We tried last weekend, it didn't work out. Love the ruby throated ones.

**Tbone** · 05-13-2013, 11:15 PM

Andy, we put out feeders every year and really enjoy watching them. Had one show up April 1, the earliest ever, but we still only have a couple. Sometimes we have as many as 25 by early autumn. I'm no photo expert but if you have a digital camera and don't know how to do all the manual settings (like me), put it on the sports action setting. That uses a very fast shutter speed and does a pretty good job. If you have a setting for multiple exposures, like 3 per second, it also is helpful in getting some action shots.

**crappiecatcher06** · 05-14-2013, 10:31 PM

It takes a lot of patience I stand on ladder next to my feeder and have camera set up ready to shoot but it takes a lot of shots to get good ones.