The Hummingbird Accident

[chrisflees]

I was actually shooting something else when this thing kept flying past my head making a loud buzzing noise. I swatted at it and it stopped about two minutes later I heard the same buzzing noise and looked in front of me and there it was. The buzzing noise was from a hummingbird trying to get to the flowers I was standing right next too. For the first time and purely by accident I had the camera set fast and was actually able to capture an image of this rather elusive bird.

[Hillbillygirl]

Love it Chris. Perfect dof, and lovely sharp detail. Right place at right time sure helps also.

[edG]

very nice capture- well done

[Matt K.]

Very nice shot indeed ... Hummers are hard to catch, and you did a wonderful job of it. Love the colours in this shot, very well processed.

[chrisflees]

yes, the scary part was it was composed on the fly. the camera was set to burst and i pulled 3 shots before it was gone. this was the only good one. To this day I have no idea why I had the camera set so fast 1/800 sec iso 400. The image I was actually shooting was not going to move all that fast it was huge. An elephant to be more precise. It was just truly a matter of being at the right place at the right time and being an accidental genius....

[Iguanasan]

Sometimes just being in the right place at the right time with camera in hand is what makes the shot. That, and of course, a bit of skill behind the camera to get off a couple of quick shots. Excellent results.

[Mike Bons]

Really nice shot! Your timing was perfect on this and those Penstemons really add a lot to the image as well.

[casil403]

Great serendipitous moment well captured!

[asnow]

The saying is "you have to be good to be lucky". Obviously your skill helped in getting this wonderful shot.