This is my first DPS post, so I hope I'm doing it correctly. I'd greatly appreciate tips on the best settings for catching hummingbirds in "frozen" flight in less than optimum light. My feeders hang under the eaves of a north-facing wall and if the shutter speed is high enough, the photo is dark. An ISO higher than 400 is impossibly noisy. Ap priority just won't give a fast enough shutter speed. I've tried shooting in the morning, high noon and evening and the attached is the best effort so far -- a dark and muddy looking background that is, in reality, a white wall; and still blur in the wings.
I use a Nikon D40 with a 55-200 VR lens (I'm a beginner and this is my first DSLR). I shoot in RAW and make adjustments in ACR and Elements.
Help!
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