I shot this video off my patio. Thanks to my wonderful old Canon GL-1 I was able to modify the aperture (f/2.0)  and shutter-speeds (1/2000) so as to capture astounding quality in each frame! I also used “Frame Movie Mode” to remove the interlacing, a camera feature that is abusively overused by novices who think they are making their videos more movie-like. (fah!)

 

I’ve had the hummingbird feeder for over a year now, and once or twice I had seen a hummingbird visit it, but not often enough for me to maintain it properly—you’re supposed to replace the water every week which can be a bother. But recently my beloved Impatiens, which I’ve been nurturing and planting and dividing and repotting, have truly begun to flourish to the point that my balcony is a sea of bright colors.

 

I saw a hummingbird visiting my hanging basket of Impatiens a couple times, so I figured I had a regular visitor. I washed and refilled the hummingbird feeder, and it didn’t take more than a day for my visitor to realize the sugary bounty.