{"id":236,"date":"2008-08-14T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/?p=236"},"modified":"2008-08-14T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T16:00:22","slug":"hummingbirds-and-fan-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/hummingbirds-and-fan-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"hummingbirds and fan flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6507.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238\" title=\"hummingbird and fan flowers (02)\" src=\"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6505.jpg 300w, https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6505-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how\u00a0I\u00a0capture hummingbirds\u00a0sipping nectar with\u00a0mountains and sky in the background making bands of blurred color:<\/p>\n<p>Put the pot of flowers on the deck rail where there is a distant view of mountains. (This will work with other distant\u00a0views or objects\u00a0as well. Try to find a\u00a0pleasing background\u00a0\u00a0with nothing between the flowers and the background.)<\/p>\n<p>Use\u00a0a telephoto and experiment with aperture settings until your flowers are sharp and background blurred.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0tripod\u00a0helps to support\u00a0a heavy\u00a0lens while waiting to\u00a0photograph.<\/p>\n<p>To capture the hovering wings, use a fast shutter speed.<\/p>\n<p>Optional: Add a little fill flash to lighten shadows or light up\u00a0the iridescent feathers of the bird.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6504-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237\" title=\"hummingbird and fan flowers (01)\" src=\"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6504-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6504-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6504-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-240\" title=\"hummingbird and fan flowers (04)\" src=\"http:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6460.jpg 450w, https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/_mg_6460-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how\u00a0I\u00a0capture hummingbirds\u00a0sipping nectar with\u00a0mountains and sky in the background making bands of blurred color: Put the pot of flowers on the deck rail where there is a distant view of mountains. (This will work with other distant\u00a0views or objects\u00a0as well. Try to find a\u00a0pleasing background\u00a0\u00a0with nothing between the flowers and the background.) Use\u00a0a telephoto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hummingbirds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/condaily.com\/consworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}