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How to Photograph Hummingbirds

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Tips

• Find a location where hummingbirds like to feed. • Hummingbirds are skittish, move slowly and

quietly • Use a long lens that will focus down to very close • Shoot a lot and throw away a lot. • Use a strobe to fill and help stop motion • Be patient, hummingbird behavior will often

show a pattern….watch and learn. • Use NIMH batteries in flash to speed recycle time

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Recommended Camera Settings

• ISO 1000 or faster • F/11 or smaller if you want most of the birds

body in focus • Shutter speed 1/1250 second or faster • Set your camera to high speed sync • White balance to auto or 5000k, touch up in post • Set focus to continuous if plenty of light, or set

to manual and pick a distance that fills the frame with the subject.

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