I'd avoid the flash entirely. That would be overly intrusive. If you can get a clear sight line, a 600mm lens should allow you to be adequately far away while still getting enough magnification to take good quality photos. Otherwise, you have to work the situation as a professional ought: with respect for the critters, patience and care.
I love hummers. There are lots of them around the neighborhood here and they're a joy to watch as they stake out and defend their territories. I've only ever seen one hummingbird nest while the birds were resident. Godfrey On Jun 19, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/9lk2w > > http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!3F!A1!C8056DCE07F2/Velpics/HUM/ > > It's an interesting site, but bear in mind that the photography was > done in > a manner very different from what you want to do. IMO, I'd leave > 'em alone > - certainly using a flash will be very intrusive. This is one of > those > situations where it may be best not to take the picture. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Joseph Tainter > >> My son just found a hummingbird nest in a tree in our yard. There are >> two tiny eggs in it. When the babies hatch, I would like to set up >> Big >> Bertha (F* 600 F4) and fire away. >> >> Does anyone know how long hummingbird eggs take to hatch? >> >> Any other advice on shooting these critters? I'll probably use the AF >> 360FGZ flash, but the D has a flash synch speed of only 1/150. I have >> found that this makes photographing birds difficult. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
