The story emotionally touched me and knew this was one of God’s many miracles that He still performs today. I wanted to photograph the iris and put the story on my blog. When I first photographed the flower, it had not opened yet. I came back another time, and again, it had not opened.
Today, September 20th, 2013, I noticed the iris had opened. I was thrilled. Dew decorated its petals, and it was early in the morning, so the light was beautiful.
“It’s coming….it’s coming.”
The perfect light is coming, and I needed to be ready.
I had my camera and long lens mounted on a tripod. The camera was set to a two-second delay, so after I clicked the shutter it wouldn’t cause any vibrations. After the camera captured the photograph, I would look at the back of the camera to see the photo I captured. I did this several times, using different angles each time.
I realized the second miracle as I looked at the back of my camera. It had happened without sound or warning. The miracle was a blessing to me, and I started to cry. I looked at the camera in disbelief.
Did I see what I thought I saw? Yes—a hummingbird was feeding from the flower. Calculate that miracle with numbers: I set up my camera on a tripod with a two-second delay. I never saw or heard the hummingbird, and in those two seconds, after I pressed the shutter release, a hummingbird slipped into the photo while I was photographing the first miracle!
I sat and cried.
"I don't feel worthy of capturing that photograph."
The Lord knows hummingbirds are my favorite birds to photograph. I believe I can recall thinking how it would be neat if a hummingbird came by, and it did.
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