The hummingbirds have been slow to show up this year, for whatever reason. I’ve only seen one or two outside at a time. Typically at this point of the summer I’ll see as many as ten. This male was a visitor for about two weeks to start July. I’ve printed this as a metal print and have been displaying at my book and print signings in Yellowstone over the last month and it’s received a lot of attention. Even at 1/4000 of a second, there is still blur in his wings. Typically to get the wings with little to no blur I need to shoot at about 1/5000 of a second or higher but I feel the wing blur here works nicely.

Last week I had a book/print signing at Lake Hotel on the north shore of Yellowstone Lake. Naturally I had to get out and photograph the sunrise on the lake. I had scouted this location out the prior day and knew I wanted to give it a shot at sunrise. I had hope for better clouds but you get what you get and make the best of it. I opted to wait for the early light to hit Mount Sheridan in the distance and feel it was worth the wait.