My first hummingbird showed up today.
May 6, 2018 13:51:12 #
I have a 600mm f/4 lens that I wanted test for depth of field and quick auto-focus. I think it's going to work out well. It's raining and my flashes are not yet set up. I know I can do much better, I'm just getting started and it has been a few years since I took a hummingbird photo. I'm back!
My first hummer this year:
My first hummer this year:
May 6, 2018 13:55:41 #
May 6, 2018 14:08:23 #
May 6, 2018 14:40:52 #
Davethehiker wrote:
I have a 600mm f/4 lens that I wanted test for depth of field and quick auto-focus. I think it's going to work out well. It's raining and my flashes are not yet set up. I know I can do much better, I'm just getting started and it has been a few years since I took a hummingbird photo. I'm back!
My first hummer this year:
My first hummer this year:
May 6, 2018 15:03:42 #
Davethehiker wrote:
I have a 600mm f/4 lens that I wanted test for depth of field and quick auto-focus. I think it's going to work out well. It's raining and my flashes are not yet set up. I know I can do much better, I'm just getting started and it has been a few years since I took a hummingbird photo. I'm back!
My first hummer this year:
My first hummer this year:
Nice shot Davethehiker
May 6, 2018 15:36:08 #
Nice ! Glad to hear they are in NJ. Should see them soon in upstate NY
DeanP.
DeanP.
May 6, 2018 23:02:17 #
Davethehiker wrote:
Great Capture. Super shart. Was that a flash image?I have a 600mm f/4 lens that I wanted test for depth of field and quick auto-focus. I think it's going to work out well. It's raining and my flashes are not yet set up. I know I can do much better, I'm just getting started and it has been a few years since I took a hummingbird photo. I'm back!
My first hummer this year:
My first hummer this year:
May 7, 2018 06:55:58 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Great Capture. Super shart. Was that a flash image?
It's a mix of a single flash and sunlight. I'm a bit of an expert at this. A few years ago I was posting photos where I was using four flashes and a 300mm F2.8 lenses. I reached a point where I could not think of how to improve my work any further than I had, and burned out on hummingbirds and stopped taking photos of them. An eagle family built a nest near my home so I bought a 600mm F4 lens to photograph them. I managed to take this photo of the Eagles last year. No flash was used. I'm currently undergoing chemotherapy for a slow growing controllable form of cancer that I must fight every few years. I fear I'm not currently strong enough to take more Eagle photos because it involves lugging heavy equipment outside and waiting for hours. I decided to see if I could instead use the 600mm lens to take a better photo of the hummingbirds that come to my window. I think I can improve my last hummer photo by getting a little better depth of field. DOF was the limit that stopped me a few years ago. I should be done with the chemotherapy by August and get back down to the Eagle nest. This attached photo of of a hummer was about as good as I was able to do a few years ago. I think I can now do a bit better with my 600mm lens. I can do it from the comfort of my home.
May 7, 2018 07:43:58 #
May 7, 2018 08:05:34 #
Davethehiker wrote:
I have a 600mm f/4 lens that I wanted test for depth of field and quick auto-focus. I think it's going to work out well. It's raining and my flashes are not yet set up. I know I can do much better, I'm just getting started and it has been a few years since I took a hummingbird photo. I'm back!
My first hummer this year:
My first hummer this year:
The passage of time is NOT obvious. Great shot!
May 7, 2018 10:18:18 #
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May 7, 2018 16:09:53 #
Davethehiker wrote:
It's a mix of a single flash and sunlight. I'm a b... (show quote)
good luck with the chemo etc.
Welcome back to hummers.
May 7, 2018 16:15:15 #
I'm still just in the "feasibility study" part of taking this photo. The focus is off. The exposure is wrong. The lighting needs a lot of work. I still have a lot of tricks up my sleeve. I need to rest. Tomorrow is another day. Today I proved to myself that indeed a 1.4X TC can be added to 600mm lens. I also hung a fuchsia plant in the background. There is still too much sunlight in this photo. I need to control that to make the image sharper.
May 7, 2018 16:20:18 #
robertjerl wrote:
good luck with the chemo etc.
Welcome back to hummers.
Welcome back to hummers.
Thank you. I'm at the nadir of my cycle and get very tired. It's still something I can enjoy doing. I'm confident I'll recover.
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