Almost Frozen Rufous Hummingbird

Capturing an image of a hummingbird in flight where the wings are frozen in the moment is not easy. With a wing beat speed of around 60 per second, even a professional-level DSLR camera often can’t do it. 

Which is why we were all very impressed by this BirdCam image of a male Rufous Hummingbird uploaded to the BirdCam Photo Gallery by Jacki from Fairfield, California. The body of the bird is in crystal-clear focus while the wings are almost frozen in the down-stroke with just a hint of their upstroke ghost remaining to give the viewer the full feeling of just how fast those little wings were moving.