Hummingbirds, redux

My photography income comes from performance lifestyle photography: Photographing people doing what they enjoy the most.  Nonetheless, photographing the rest of Nature's wonders is fulfilling.  So I have kept up working on these little birds in my backyard.



Morning and evening seem to be the time when I can best predict their presence at my feeder.





As long as I remain fairly still, they're willing to chance a quick visit to the feeder before bedtime.



And if you're really into these little birds, here's a slow-motion video (1 minute, 30 seconds) I took last night as well.  It's actually 720p video on YouTube so if you want to see the fine-grained details, you may want to watch it there rather than the embedded version here.