Normally, I am not a “nature” type of person. I tend to get scared of anything NOT human even though some humans also scare me. I also am not a camping, beach, hiking type of person. However, over the last few years I have slowly tried to change my ways. I have begun to like dogs and I am less afraid to pet them and even play with them. I love taking walks and just appreciating everything around me. I guess being a photographer really helped me with this. Because I love photography so much, I love observing my surroundings a lot more now which pushed me to appreciate nature more.

Today, I took out the trash like every other week. But this time I heard a buzzing noise. I looked around and I saw a hummingbird’s nest. Looks like my neighbor even put some aluminum cover to protect it. How kind of him! So initially, I was afraid and thinking this hummingbird’s going to attack me while I am taking out the trash. I always think anything not human is going to attack simply because I have no idea what they are thinking. But then I quickly thought, this is a great opportunity to take the hummingbird’s picture! haha

So I got my camera (after washing my hands of course!) and began attempting to take its picture while it quickly flew all around me. I was still scared it was going to attack me somehow, but took a risk anyways. =P He ended up not attacking but I could tell it didn’t want me around its nest. So I just got my shot and left so it wouldn’t be frightened of me.

Overall, I just wanted to say thank you to Mother Nature. Sometimes you freak me out. Sometimes you ruin my plans with rain or too much sun. But sometimes you just show me how to appreciate animals and nature. You remind me “Hey this is cute. Take its picture before its too late!” haha Love it when random picture opportunities arrive because nature took its course and presented themselves to me.

Here are two of the pics I got. It was majorly hard. I have a new found appreciate for people who photograph wild animals. It’s not an easy job!