Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Florida 2024 – Maine to Texas and Back to Wisconsin

These little guys move very fast requiring a fast shutter speed. These were taken with a 1/4000th of a second. (If you are ever asked what shutter speed you should be using with bird photography, the answer is 1/3200th of a second.). Larger birds move more slowly and one can use much slower speeds. Smaller birds like a hummingbird might still be blurry with 1/4000th. My default shutter speed on my cameras is 1/2000, adjust as to the bird or animal photographing. As they say, your mileage may vary…