I got buzzed by this hummingbird

[avwh]

This morning, inspired by the feeding station thread here, I went out and did a little re-arranging of my feeders and added a log or two for perches. Then, with my new tripod I set up to take some shots of the "big birds" I expected to show up at the lower feeders.

Behind me, maybe 6-8 feet away, hung my hummingbird feeder (under a trumpet vine on our patio).

As I was fiddling to set the tripod with camera, I heard a "buzz" and thought, "wow that's a pretty big bug" - and turned around to see this hummingbird, who flew right over me, at my feeder!:

http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p665925629.jpg (http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p665925629-0.jpg)

Unfortunately, he came & went so quickly, I had exposure set up for the bird feeders below, so of course, I ended up with a less-than-ideal 1/30 sec. shutter speed for the hummingbird, and he immediately flew off, before I could change settings. But this guy wasn't more than 7 feet from me, so ANYTHING that was usable, I was going to be happy with for a first shot.

Then, I set up on the patio to await his return, and got these (from a little farther away, but with better settings, though backlight was a problem):

http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p823223801.jpg (http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p823223801-0.jpg)

http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p1007367298.jpg (http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p1007367298-0.jpg)

[canonloader]

Nice shots Allen. This is when a good flash for fill comes in handy. :)

[avwh]

Nice shots Allen. This is when a good flash for fill comes in handy. :)

Yeah, I can see I'll have to learn fill flash sooner, rather than later. :o;)

[canonloader]

Ah, it's easy. The camera does all the work. :)