Those babies move fast, good grab. Marnie :-)
In a message dated 10/5/2011 3:56:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: This year there seem to be about twice as many hummingbirds at the feeders as there have been in previous years. That still doesn't make them particularly easy to photograph; the amount of time a hummer stays in one place is just about long enough for me to get the camera pointed at it, but not long enough to press the shutter release. I've got whole bunches of shots of hummingbirds leaving the frame, or pointed in odd directions, or out of focus, or any one of other things that could go wrong. It's reasonably easy to get a shot of one perched on the feeder, but getting a shot of a bird in flight is a whole lot more challenging. Of course, that challenge makes it a lot more rewarding when you win. Recently (with the K-5 and 60-250) I have managed to get one or two shots that at least let me refine my choice of shutter speed, etc. (I think this shot would be better with a slightly longer exposure). This is my most recent attempt: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/hummer.jpg (K-5, 60-250@250mm, TAv, 1/320 @ f8, ISO 1000, cropped about 2x). It would be better if it were more of a front-on shot so the red markings on the throat were more visble (although this is probably a juvenile, so he won't have as brilliant a throat as an adult male). But this is at least good enough to encourage me to keep trying; in previous years I haven't got anything anywhere near as good as this. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
