This has been a minor obsession of mine. I know some list members have shot hummingbirds. It’s definitely not impossible, although they rarely stay in one place for more than a second. I don’t see a lot of the itty bitty birds. But every once in a while a hummingbird will flit in among my bee balm before disappearing. I’m usually focused on the tree branches near my feeders, waiting for a finch, sparrow, chickadee or cardinal. By the time I refocus to the bee balm, the hummer is gone. But not today. Finally got one. Decent, not great. I’m intrigued by their speed and frail bodies. They are obviously all muscle. The color isn’t beautiful, a subtle green on the hummers I see, but it’s not awful. In any case, I got this guy with the K-1, the DFA 150-450 and the 1.4X converter.630mm, f8, 1/500th, ISO 2000. A workable set of numbers.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18261742&size=lg Paul -- 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.
