Capturing the image of a feeding hummingbird wasn’t really that challenging. Oak Park resident Eric Gyllenhaal is a gracious host, not only to the exotic visitor at his backyard bird feeder, but to visiting birders and photographers.
Eric suggested I perch on his back steps only about 15 feet from the hanging feeder and wait for one of the bird’s visits at about 20-minute intervals.
There’s another photo and links to the story and video about this mysterious species of hummingbird over at Trib Photo Nation
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.I used a 200 mm lens with a shutter speed of 1/1000 second and an aperture of f/4.5.
I mounted the same camera and lens on a tripod to shoot video of the bird.
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