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OUR  HUMMINGBIRD  DINER Hum along with us...a 2 minute 18 second slideshow... If you love hummingbirds you might like this video we produced. There are as many as four hummers in some of these photos. More than 1,000 images were culled down to these 35. It was photographed in my garden on January 16. My camera was set up to shoot automatically every three seconds on a tripod with a wireless intervalometer. That's sort of like a remote control...it's set and forget. I was able to walk away for an hour. If a hummingbird was there when the camera clicked, we got it. You will see that we captured the sparkle in their eyes in many of the images. That's known as a "catchlight" in photography. We are fortunate to be able to enjoy the company of hummingbirds year round in the San Diego area. Please contact me for help with your photography or video project.  

Hummingbird Heaven... a 2 minute slideshow This was shot in my garden the morning of January 16, 2021 over two hours. More than 2,000 images taken in that time were pared down to these 18. The camera was shooting automatically every two or three seconds with my wireless intervalometer. I walked away. If a hummer happened to be there when the shutter clicked, we got it. Please "Like" and subscribe to our channel. To see the slideshow, please click: https://studio.youtube.com/video/wMq70HTHPlE/edit  

  A large cardon cactus being wrapped and dug for transplant. When is this cactus was planted 15 years ago it was less than 18 inches tall.  The cardon,  Pachycereus pringlei,  is native to northwest Mexico. It is almost identical to the saguaro that grows in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. It grows much more quickly than the saguaro. However, it is not frost tolerant and not a good variety if you live in Phoenix or Tucson.  Click link below to view the time-lapse and video clips. The entire process took four hours.  https://studio.youtube.com/video/-w-wW8T6XlM/edit