Hummingbird Moth in action (100k)

[Canon Fan]

Caught this little guy doing his work last Sunday at a friends house. I had never seem one of these in my life. He said it was a hummingbird moth. It was very small (only about 1.5 inches long) and flew and resembles a hummingbird so I guess I believe him. Difficult little bugger to catch! As soon as all the kids went back to playing in the yard elsewhere it got a lot easier though

Shot with my 10D handeheld, 550EX Speedlight, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX @ 70mm and f/4, 1/250, ISO-400. USM (243% @ 0.3r) and 1/2 frame crop in PS.

 

[terri]

Wow! I've never heard of one of these guys, either! The wingspan definitely resembles a hummingbird's. Very, very cool.

Hard enough to get a good capture of the birds - kudos on this one! :thumbup:

 

[aprilraven]

that is a great shot... i am with terri, i have never heard of these...i will have to watch and see if we have any....hope so...

i bet they are as hard as catching the elusive butterfly..good catch..

 

[PetersCreek]

I was never able to definitively verify it but I'm pretty sure I saw one at my flat in Germany...once. Nice capture.