"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Padraig" wrote in message
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Tell me, do you sit waiting for these shots or do you race for the camera
when you see them?


A little of both. I even shot one from inside the house the other day...a
couple of doves on a finch feeder right outside my office/library.

I often sit outside on the patio working a crossword or sudoku with the
camera sitting alongside, just in case. I don't call that sitting and
waiting but some people might. Other times I've run inside and grabbed the
camera on a moment's notice.

But the hummingbird pics? They require deliberate stalking, or at least
lying in wait. You have to be ready to shoot when a "model" comes along and
"poses" because they don't pose for long. And they're pretty solitary
animals. They don't flock like finches or even crows for that matter.
Normally I see them one at a time. Rarely more than two. The most I've
seen in the yard at one time is three.
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