400 f/5.6L, 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 200

I bought a new hummingbird feeder and took it up on Raccoon Mountain today.  I
hung it up next to the Welcome Center, which looks out over the Tennessee River
Gorge.  ( http://www.pbase.com/image/28302895 )

They don't have any colorful flowers or anything else to attract hummers, but I
knew this feeder would do the trick.  It took exactly 13 minutes for the first
hummer to take a drink.

I set up the old tripod and got that quick grab shot shortly thereafter.

By tomorrow, half the hummers in East Tennessee will be lining up to get at
that hummingbird cocaine.

There are several feeders that are flat and supported from the bottom and
hummingbirds pull up and back after a drink so getting the shot isn't THAT
difficult. The most common hummingbird in the eastern half of the US is the
ruby throated hummingbird, like the one in Bret's photo, and doesn't show as
much coloration from the front. That might account for part of the rarity of
head on shots.

Eric Miller

No, that would be this one which, sadly wasn't taken by me:
http://members.aol.com/annika1980/galletto.jpg