Paul Stenquist wrote: > This has been a minor obsession of mine. I know some list members have > shot hummingbirds. Its definitely not impossible, although they rarely > stay in one place for more than a second. I dont 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. Im 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. Im intrigued by their speed and frail > bodies. They are obviously all muscle. The color isnt beautiful, a subtle > green on the hummers I see, but its 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
Nice! They're definitely difficult to photograph, given their lightning-fast movement and the need for long glass. I once spent an entire afternoon on the porch of our friend's cabin near GFM shooting photos of the hummingbirds in their garden. I got 4 usable photos, only two of which were really acceptable. They people who are serious about hummingbird photography use 3 or 4 flash units but I've always preferred the look of natural light even though is reduces your hit ration massively. Check out this site: http://www.dyesscreek.com/miscellaneous_pages/hummingbird_photography.html -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
