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sinkingfeeling

(58,032 posts) Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:36 PM Oct 2025

One of my pretty hummingbirds. It's so hard to take a photo of them zooming around.

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One of my pretty hummingbirds. It's so hard to take a photo of them zooming around. (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 OP

That's a beauty surfered Oct 2025 #1

I love hummingbirds! questionseverything Oct 2025 #2

You are so right. usonian Oct 2025 #3

The birds there... 2naSalit Oct 2025 #4

ive noticed that when i just spot a bird , it takes off. neat little flyer AllaN01Bear Oct 2025 #5

Yes, they are hard to catch with the camera. Mine was still out there at the crack of dawn this morning. Walleye Oct 2025 #6

Just don't send her here. I already have dozens. I found sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 #7

Oh, I have the same problem with the bees. Good shot you have there though. Walleye Oct 2025 #8

surfered

(14,261 posts)

1. That's a beauty

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:36 PM

Oct 2025

questionseverything

(11,962 posts)

2. I love hummingbirds!

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Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:37 PM

Oct 2025

usonian

(26,582 posts)

3. You are so right.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:49 PM

Oct 2025

I don't have a feeder (the neighbor has one) and when I catch them, they're feasting on wildflowers.

I incredibly got some photos with the old Coolpix. The viewfinder was useless, so I was using the LCD display in bright light.

The miracle is that the autofocus on that camera is so goo (being over 10 years old) that it got some great shots, when I was basically shooting blind. I am so nearsighted that I have to take my glasses OFF to see the display in focus, and of course, the rest of the universe is a blur.

Those are GREAT colors. Keep trying.

I upgraded the Coolpix to a newer one with a big, bright viewfinder!

2naSalit

(103,806 posts)

4. The birds there...

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 06:44 PM

Oct 2025

Are so colorful!

AllaN01Bear

(29,796 posts)

5. ive noticed that when i just spot a bird , it takes off. neat little flyer

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Tue Oct 21, 2025, 09:06 AM

Oct 2025

Walleye

(45,406 posts)

6. Yes, they are hard to catch with the camera. Mine was still out there at the crack of dawn this morning.

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Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:31 PM

Oct 2025

She’s about three weeks late in leaving for her southern trip

sinkingfeeling

(58,032 posts)

7. Just don't send her here. I already have dozens. I found

Reply to Walleye (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 03:12 PM

Oct 2025

one shouldn't step out on the deck in a bright red tee.

Walleye

(45,406 posts)

8. Oh, I have the same problem with the bees. Good shot you have there though.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:48 PM

Oct 2025

I was visiting in Belize one year and there was at least a dozen different kinds of hummingbirds.

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