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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: DaveO on September 15, 2015, 02:26:06

Title: Ruby throated hummingbird
Post by: DaveO on September 15, 2015, 02:26:06

This is a picture I took of a hummingbird out the back deck.   Nikon D 300s with Nik 70-300mm non VR lens and a Metz SuperBlaster flash. ( Metz 58 AF 2.  I think that it was at 2/60th sec, f/6.3  and ISO  500.  It's a pretty severe crop so the quality is not that great.
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Title: Re: Ruby throated hummingbird
Post by: Andrea B. on September 15, 2015, 03:16:50

But it is nice that you captured the little hummer in-hover with those interesting patches of feather iridescence.

Title: Re: Ruby throated hummingbird
Post by: elsa hoffmann on September 15, 2015, 10:26:11

and I am still lusting over getting a picture of a hummingbird myself!

Title: Re: Ruby throated hummingbird
Post by: Andrea B. on September 16, 2015, 00:32:30

Elsa, set AF-C and Ch and 9-point tracking. Then depress shutter repeatedly and keep re-focusing and shooting!!! <laughing> Sometimes spray-and-pray is helpful when dealing with tiny hovering helicopter birdies who dart about quicker than the speed of light.

Title: Re: Ruby throated hummingbird
Post by: elsa hoffmann on September 16, 2015, 06:10:14

Andrea - first I would have to get CLOSE enough to one...

Title: Re: Ruby throated hummingbird
Post by: armando_m on September 16, 2015, 07:09:16

it's a thrill to capture a Hummingbird !

when I have done it, the camera is triggered with a radio, so I'm out of sight, in my case the bird was getting scared with the light of the flash, or the sound of the shooter

I hope you get more chances to capture the little bird