I have a fountain that gets visited by humming birds through out the day. Mostly they come to drink. I have gotten videos before of them taking baths.

My current project is to get good still photos of them drinking or bathing.

I can not seem to use my remote to take the photos. Once I set the camera up and go back inside if I wait too long the camera seems to go to sleep, then the remote does not activate the picture.

So to combat this right now I am taking photos through the glass door. I am using the camera’s built in flash at this point.

Original untouched photo Edited with Gimp 2.

Here are the first 2 photos from yesterday.

Original image Image touched up with Pixlr

Here are 2 more taken today.

I am trying out different editing tools. I would be interested in what people think.