1. Shutter speed must be 1/1000 or higher to stabilize the bird on your image. 1/1600 or higher is ideal.
2. I recommend a 100-400mm zoom lens. 300mm would also work well. You can cope with an even wider range of situations with a teleconverter.
3. Hummingbirds are quite territorial and tend to return to the same spot again and again. So if you find a bird you’re looking for, wait there for it to come back.
4. Don’t use external lights. They ruin the birds’ natural colors.
I’m Kunito Imai, a nature photographer in Tokyo and here are some tips to capture them in-flight
1. Shutter speed must be 1/1000 or higher to stabilize the bird on your image. 1/1600 or higher is ideal
I recommend a 100-400mm zoom lens. 300mm would also work well. You can cope with an even wider range of situations with a teleconverter
Hummingbirds are quite territorial and tend to return to the same spot again and again. So if you find a bird you’re looking for, wait there for it to come back
Don’t use external lights. They ruin the birds’ natural colors
