I agree, Ken! J
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. After many poor captures, I'm convinced a > flash is required for decent captures. I've shot many hummers off my deck > with my 600 and as fun as it is to follow them my captures are terrible. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO: Hummmm > > >> 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. -- 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.
