Walt: So, yesterday I was in our pool, when I noticed a hummer come to the feeder that was not more than 25 feet from the pool steps. She stayed for quite a time, taking more than 20 sips and resting on the little perch attached to the feeder two or three times. Of course, I couldn't get out of the pool without disturbing her, and I did not. After she flew away, I got out of the pool, went into the house, grabbed my camera and returned. I placed a chair off to the side where I would not be too obvious, focused on the feeder, and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, a male hummer came up and made two quick passes. Of course, he chose the opposite side of the feeder, so all I got was an image of a relatively sharp feeder and a very blurry blob with a red bib off to the far right. After a lot more waiting, a female came up for a couple of very short visits, but the only shot I grabbed was her dark body against similarly colored vegetation beyond the feeder. One has to look REALLY hard to see that there is indeed a humming bird hidden in there.
All of this is just my way of sawing how much I admire the great images you obtained! Those of us who have tried time after time to get a decent image of a hummer really appreciate what you have accomplished there. New weekend, I'm taking the camera into the pool with me!!! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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.
