Hummingbirds in Flight
May 18, 2013 17:25:41 #
ronjay wrote:
humming birds and settings.All were shot a 15 ft at 250-300mm
WOW Hi Ronjay, I am impressed totally. Those are beautiful. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
May 18, 2013 19:35:04 #
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May 18, 2013 20:06:11 #
Beautiful pictures parkhurst. Here's a few that I shot through the screen of my window. I used different settings to see which was the best one for the conditions that I was shooting in.
parkhurst6 wrote:
not real great but depending on your lighting you may have to use flash...or...if in the right setting in the wild.....the sun on the gorde provides the best quality!!! :)
f5.6 1/800 sec Taken with 300mm zoom
f 4/5 1/1000 sec 800 iso taken through screen, no flash
f 4.5 1/1000 sec 800, taken through screen, no flash
f 4.5 1/500 sec 900 iso, taken through screen, no flash
f 4.5 1/3200 sec 2800 iso, through screen, no flash
f 7.1 1/1000 iso 400, through screen, no flash
f 4.5 1/1600 450 iso, through screen, no flash
Best shot through the screen. One day I'll have to sit outside and wait for a shot without the screen interfering with the vibrancy.
May 18, 2013 20:40:18 #
tom hughes
Loc: Phila Pa
I placed a single feeder in a convenient location in my back yard got a hummingbird to feed there, prefocused a spot and waited for an opportunity. Use a Canon 50mm 1.4, ISO 400, F10, 1/200 of a second.
May 18, 2013 20:51:54 #
Beautifully vibrant tom. Were you shooting through a window or were you outside? How long did you have to wait for such a great shot with the hummingbird in that position?
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tom hughes wrote:
I placed a single feeder in a convenient location in my back yard got a hummingbird to feed there, prefocused a spot and waited for an opportunity. Use a Canon 50mm 1.4, ISO 400, F10, 1/200 of a second.
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May 18, 2013 20:59:08 #
saxkiwi wrote:
You really need a flash that can be set to manuel 1/64 or 1/32 power which will render a flash speed of around 1/20,000th of flash speed duration. The shutter speed on your camera doesn't matter just as long as you are using the flash sync speed.
I saw an army photographer do it with a old trusty Pentax K1000 and a strobe light that he got at a novelty store , pointed out the window . Lucky shot I would think , but maybe not as his Photos were powerful in nature and he didnt shoot roll after roll .
May 18, 2013 21:32:42 #
I will set up camera on the tripod and prefocus on the feeder , sit back and wait and watch, shoot a few shots and check focus etc make adjustments and sit back and wait some more and do it all over again till I get it right ( hopefully )
May 18, 2013 22:19:23 #
tom hughes
Loc: Phila Pa
jjadeco25 wrote:
Beautifully vibrant tom. Were you shooting through a window or were you outside? How long did you have to wait for such a great shot with the hummingbird in that position?
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Sitting just next to the feeder with my remote in my hand trying to time the shot. Got about 5 shots over a 3 hour period.
May 18, 2013 22:26:47 #
Long wait, but definitely worth it. I guess one day I will have to set up and just sit with my remote. They are the cutest little birds, and watching them I was able to prove that they do rest and land.
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tom hughes wrote:
Sitting just next to the feeder with my remote in my hand trying to time the shot. Got about 5 shots over a 3 hour period.
:)
May 18, 2013 23:09:58 #
I have my manual setting all ready, moved the feeder nearer to my patio, now all I have to do is wait for them to come around. If ant come out good, I will post my before and after. Thank you all so much. I have learned a lot.
May 19, 2013 02:34:52 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Here are my hummingbird photographs from last Spring. All efix info posted with each photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonian72/sets/72157629826993261
To minimize cropping, I recommend a lens longer than 200-mm. I found small central Auto-Focus spot most helpful.
I encourage other photographers to post SUCCESSFUL Hummers-In-Flight photographs, with all capture data.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonian72/sets/72157629826993261
To minimize cropping, I recommend a lens longer than 200-mm. I found small central Auto-Focus spot most helpful.
I encourage other photographers to post SUCCESSFUL Hummers-In-Flight photographs, with all capture data.
Some good sound advice here. I have a few that have specs to view. You should be able to see the difference the shutter speeds make. Hummingbirds will get use to you being close the the feeder, so a 200-300 lens would soften background as well.
http://500px.com/photo/33559771?from=set/411723
May 19, 2013 07:03:22 #
PNagy wrote:
A shutter speed of 1/500 sec. will leave some blur... (show quote)
With wings of a hummingbird going at such a high speed you would never get sharp frozen wings with 1/1000th. They will be totally blurry. You'd need around 1/4000 or 1/8000 to get anything decent. Using a speed light that can sync to 1/8000 could do the trick. But using the flash on 1/32 or 1/64 power will give you around 1/20,000 and you don't need a fast shutter speed. Just your normal sync speed will do as the very short flash duration will freeze the action. You do need to be quite close to shoot in these power ratios though.
May 19, 2013 12:41:41 #
great shots!!!! Practice makes perfect...more you do it more you get it down!! Im still working on it myself!
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