Bruce, thanks for the thoughtful well considered suggestions and kind comments. I'll, perhaps, get serious about Hummer shooting at some point and apply your suggestions Much appreciated!! J Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 1, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jack, I think your shots are pretty darned good for a first attempt. > > I have no experience shooting hummers specifically, but I have seen > the terrific results of folks who do while using strobes and flashes, > and I know lighting in general. Based on that, if I were trying this, > I'd get the flash as close to the feeder as I could and use a wireless > trigger on the camera to fire it. Two flashes would be even better. > > I'd try starting with bare flash, but I'd also be strongly tempted to > make the light source larger than the hummer so it's not such a hard > light. I'd use a silver reflector of some sort for efficiency. > > I bet that a two-light setup -- a soft source at 45 degrees from the > front and a hard source from the rear as a rim light to outline the > bird and also shine through the translucent wings -- would be > wonderful. > > We only ever get about three hummer sightings per season at our > feeder, or I'd try this myself. > > > >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> My wife made the decision (of course) to hang a couple Hummingbird feeders. >> I've been dinkin' around attempting to freeze them with an AF540-FGZ on the >> K-3. >> I've chosen to use "M" flash setting at 1/64 duration. Not doing it!! >> Said setting does, however, fully light a scene 'prox 25' across the family >> room..?? >> 1/1=1/1200. >> Tried PTTL at minus a couple stops duration. Background too dark and image >> soft. I read it >> can do 1/20000 in the right light. Probably shooting into a mirror >> close-up.;) >> >> Any one? >> >> J >> >> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1080 >> >> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1081 >> >> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1082 >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
