Hummer practice
Aug 10, 2013 15:01:05 #
I haven't many birds in flight this summer!
Soon they'll be gone.
Soon they'll be gone.
Aug 10, 2013 17:10:44 #
Nicely done, Marsha! Would you care to share your settings and set up?
Aug 10, 2013 17:22:38 #
Aug 10, 2013 17:51:50 #
Yes...I should have thought to do that.
1/1000sec f5.6 ISO 400
i had on my Nikon 300 f/4 and a 1.4 TC. Also, I used a Better Beamer with my flash.
If anyone would like to tell me how to set up my camera in a better way, I'm all ears!
1/1000sec f5.6 ISO 400
i had on my Nikon 300 f/4 and a 1.4 TC. Also, I used a Better Beamer with my flash.
If anyone would like to tell me how to set up my camera in a better way, I'm all ears!
birdpix wrote:
Nicely done, Marsha! Would you care to share your settings and set up?
Aug 10, 2013 17:52:10 #
Aug 10, 2013 18:04:28 #
Aug 10, 2013 18:57:07 #
Aug 11, 2013 08:12:33 #
Pixelpixie88 wrote:
On a gimbal. The camera on a gimbal not your ears. "I'm all ears". So how big are you ears? Just kidding. :D :lol:Yes...I should have thought to do that.
1/1000sec f5.6 ISO 400
i had on my Nikon 300 f/4 and a 1.4 TC. Also, I used a Better Beamer with my flash.
If anyone would like to tell me how to set up my camera in a better way, I'm all ears!
1/1000sec f5.6 ISO 400
i had on my Nikon 300 f/4 and a 1.4 TC. Also, I used a Better Beamer with my flash.
If anyone would like to tell me how to set up my camera in a better way, I'm all ears!
Aug 11, 2013 12:50:20 #
Aug 12, 2013 23:04:50 #
Pixelpixie88 wrote:
Yes...I should have thought to do that.
1/1000sec f5.6 ISO 400
i had on my Nikon 300 f/4 and a 1.4 TC. Also, I used a Better Beamer with my flash.
If anyone would like to tell me how to set up my camera in a better way, I'm all ears!
1/1000sec f5.6 ISO 400
i had on my Nikon 300 f/4 and a 1.4 TC. Also, I used a Better Beamer with my flash.
If anyone would like to tell me how to set up my camera in a better way, I'm all ears!
Actually, Marsha, High speed synch is not the best way to go. Hummers are so fast that you need either a high shutter speed (1/5000) or a short flash duration. With HSS you get neither.
Here is a link to a blog post done by a friend of mine that will give you some ideas on how to set things up:
http://travelthroughpictures.com/photo-items/how-to-photo-hummingbirds-2/?utm_source=TTP+Blog+Letter&utm_campaign=194579a5a5-Newsletter_89_30_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5a6cb568fd-194579a5a5-29478093
Aug 12, 2013 23:19:49 #
THANK YOU!! I will look at this and hopefully I will learn from it. I am so glad you posted this..I really don't know how to set things up. I'll let you know what happens.
Marsha
Marsha
birdpix wrote:
Actually, Marsh, High speed synch is not the best ... (show quote)
Aug 12, 2013 23:49:45 #
I have read the blog...tomorrow I will be setting things up. I think I have everything he says I need. Only one flash, but that will have to do. Can't wait! Thanks again.
birdpix wrote:
Actually, Marsh, High speed synch is not the best ... (show quote)
Aug 13, 2013 09:09:26 #
birdpix wrote:
Actually, Marsha, High speed synch is not the best... (show quote)
Thanks for that link birdpix. :thumbup: I have everything to set that up except the pistol grip but another ball head should work. I shoot from a blind and found the camera noise only affects a few birds and they soon get used to the noise. Quick motion or a white lens scares them more. Maybe the blind muffles the camera noise or my camera makes less noise. I've learned a lot about birds from sitting in a blind. Birds are not scared of the call of a raptor or falcons. Some do start looking around but I think it's just a different sound to them. Raptors are not going to warn them in advance.
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