Sue, determined not to be taken unawares by the hummingbird again, pulled up a chair on the deck near the feeder. Sat herself down with a cup of tea, and a camera with a fast shutter speed. She was prepared to be patient. She didn't need to be. The birds were at the feeder in a matter of moments, and she got some just excellent photographs.
This is our favourite -- you can see right through the beating wings, as if they are transparent, yet the colours on the back of this female hummer are so bright.
Despite 'getting the shot' early in the mission, Sue stayed out on the deck, watching the hummingbirds, until she had finished her tea. After all, with this kind of a show going on, why rush?
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