That is a type of paper wasp On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 7:42 PM Dale H. Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have stolen only a little time to work with my long glass for shooting > hummingbirds. During the first try my old Focal tripod (don't laugh! - I > have to do this on the cheap) proved woefully inadequate to handle the > load of so much lens. Results from the first session were, not > surprisingly, woeful. Today I had another try, first with the old Focal, > but that try ended when the tripod broke while I was moving it - it > really was overloaded. In the time since the first try I found another > old Focal tripod, but much beefier, at Goodwill, and it was a > significant improvement. > > Shooting the hummingbird with the Rokinon 650-1300mm was quite a > challenge. With a straight-on shot the camera was backed up against the > refrigerator, and the shortest focal length that would focus on the > feeder was 1100mm. That turned out to be too long a lens for a view as > wide as I wanted. > > My favorite visitor is my only adult male, who arrived while I was still > getting things framed, so I did not get a good shot. > > https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/IMGP0773.jpg > > After I got the shot set up I didn't get anybody on the two "flowers" > closest to the camera - everybody used the back "flowers". > > https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/IMGP0792.jpg > > The only subjects who I got good shots of were the insects. Does anyone > know what kind of wasp (or hornet) this is? > > https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/IMGP0799.jpg > > Focus on that long lens is touchy, and it has little depth of field due > to its focal-length-related fixed aperture. For the next try I will move > some of the kitchen furniture to allow a shorter zoom and a wider field > of view. Getting used to this glass is a lot more work than I expected. > I am also saving up for a much better tripod and head. > -- > Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now > Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens > https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html > > -- > 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.
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