Paul: I've enjoyed both images, especially the second one.
As for the website posted by Mark, - it mayd me smiling:
Basic answer to the question, "How do I freeze the wings?"
Of course the short answer is . . .
Remember what Mark C. once wrote to my response about how he "freezes"
insects, I was expecting something like:
The only way to do that reliably is to put the bird in the freezer... ;-)
I've actually done freezing (in a freezer) a wasp I caught inside my
house.
The problem was that it was warming up too quickly...
Cheers,
Igor
Mark Roberts Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:29:41 -0700 wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
This has been a minor obsession of mine. I know some list members have
shot hummingbirds. ItÂs definitely not impossible, although they rarely
stay in one place for more than a second. I donÂt 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. IÂm 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. IÂm intrigued by their speed and
frail
bodies. They are obviously all muscle. The color isnÂt beautiful, a
subtle
green on the hummers I see, but itÂs 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
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