I hadn’t taken any new photos for about ten days until Friday when this rufous hummingbird showed up in our yard. I spent about an hour or more photographing what is either a female or immature male. Regardless, hummingbirds are are beautiful and I was really fortunate to have an opportunity to photograph it. If you notice my settings below the photo, despite strong light, I kept the ISO high because I wanted a fast shutter speed to capture the wings with no blur. At this size, you can’t see it as well, but the wings are still not perfectly sharp, and that’s at 1/4000 of a second. Because of the dark background, I spot-metered off the bird to get the correct exposure.