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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blackstar" data-source="post: 753866" data-attributes="member: 47518">Hi Wev, Thank you so much for sharing all the details. I used to think and take patience is good medicine for healing and recovery. Now I may add it's the ultimate practice for rendering success in almost everything. Observation is definitely another (or the only) way of perceiving nature's wonder. Both practices take time and mind for making fruitful. It's shown in all your wonderful photos. As for the timing to shoot, I wonder if there's some contradiction when considering Hum's favorite spot and time of the day (lighting condition). I have found a spot the Hum frequents, but the time it would let me take shots (stationary on a branch for a little while) is often in the late afternoon when the sun is down a bit and all I have is a cast of dark Hum! I check your Hum photos, especially recent postings, you shot them mostly around noontime (best lighting?) and they all show amazing colors (especially under the chin area with the "scales" sharply revealed). So I tried the spot around noontime and did see the Hum flying around, back and forth, up and down, moving to other trees and disappear... well, guess it's busy time for it not a good time posting for me. I almost could hear it says: be patient...  BTW, you use 25 points focus area. Is that the 3D-tracking? My D3500 only has 11 points for 3D-tracking. Currently, I use single center point. Should I consider changing to 3D? What's the advantage of the 3-D focus area? Thanks</blockquote>

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