X is for Xenophilia

It took a ravenous migrating hummingbird to show me what my camera could do.  Our birds were two weeks gone.  You could tell she was a stranger, not from these parts.  She fed on different flowers, and ignored the feeder.

I had tried to get a good hummer shot for two years.  They are so fast, so easily spooked.  This one was brazen. 

She didn't care what I did while she ate.  Get the right depth of field, focus, shoot.  OH!  Look!  If you hold the shooter button down, it puts the camera in sports mode.  You get rapid fire pictures.  Mr. Etherknitter laughed at the noises the camera was making.  He laughed until he saw the beautiful alien bird that I had caught in my camera. 

I love these odd, unusual, ethereal creatures.  I love that they are so different compared to the other birds.  I'm a xenophiliac.

Comments

[kmkat]

I had to google xenophilia (I thought it was maybe the genus/species of hummer). Learn something new every day!

[Carole]

Terrific shot! It takes patience to get good photos of these little buggers but you succeeded!

[Abby]

I am impressed!

[Marcia]

Great X, great shot!

[Ruth]

That is a stunning picture.

[Teyani]

what an amazing shot.
I hope the poor little hummer flies south fast (or finds somewhere really warm (like a greenhouse with plenty of flowers) to winter over.
great X

[maryse]

that is a fantastic capture! nicely done.

[margene]

I knew you'd have a good X. She's a beauty.

[Anne]

THAT shot is a keeper - Yowsa!

[Donna]

What a beautiful picture you took! I love hummingbirds. I look forward to their return next year...

[claudia]

Good job. In-focus wings and everything.

[elizabeth]

Ah, I need to remember that rapid shoot mode! That is a fantastic picture!

[Melissa G]

Is that a variety of sage she's feeding on? We just put a feeder up last season and it amazed me how much noise those hummers make.

[Lynn]

You should go to Ecuador and look at the hummers there. Or Peru, along with a stop at Nilda's Textile Center.

[Lorette]

Lovely photo! And I love that feature on my camera. I keep forgetting that it's there.

[Kim]

Looks like one of our native PA hummers. Appears to be about the same size and coloring. We had one dive bomb my step son on the deck this summer in it's rush to get to the hummingbird mint (Agastache) on the otherside of the pool. Lovely pic.

[gayle]

Beautiful shot!
I love the little beauties. We keep a feeder on our deck for them - it's such fun to sit out and watch them flit.

[Chris]

Oh! Good job! Pat on the back to you, m'dear.