WestCoast Hummingbirds
Sep 8, 2016 08:15:37 #
There have been a number of great pictures posted this summer of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds which is the dominant species of Hummer in the Middle and East USA. I thought I would post a few pictures of 2 of our resident Hummingbirds of the West Coast. Allen's and Anna's Hummingbirds are year round residents. We do get other species that spend the winters and a few that live at altitude,but these two live at sea level. The Allen's was shot at early daylight so is somewhat noisy but you will get the idea of what a beautiful bird this is.
These were shot with a Canon 7DII, a 100-400 II and a 1.4 III extender. They were shot with natural light off a tripod with the stabilizer off.
These were shot with a Canon 7DII, a 100-400 II and a 1.4 III extender. They were shot with natural light off a tripod with the stabilizer off.
Allen's Hummingbird
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Allen's Hummingbird
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Anna's Hummingbird
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Anna's Hummingbird
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Sep 8, 2016 08:22:34 #
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Sep 8, 2016 08:51:22 #
bajadreamer wrote:
There have been a number of great pictures posted ... (show quote)
Nice images. That's a nice Canon combination. Also nice to find another Californian that knows about the Hummingbirds we have in California year-round. I used to be more of an avid birder, back when I could walk around more. In those days I more likely carried binoculars than a camera. Up until just a couple weeks ago I never had a lens for shooting wildlife at a distance. I only occasionally was able to photograph (overly) friendly wild birds or other wild animals. I'll have to spend some time learning to use my f/5.6 100-300mm Zoom lens. Hopefully I can get some use of it with out a 1.4x or 2x tele-extender. Not the brightest lens in my collection. And besides I only currently own 2x & 3x extenders. Another issue for me. The auto-focus only on my Pentax K-5 seems fast enough for birds. The K-20D is a bit too slow to track or lock.
Sep 8, 2016 13:13:19 #
Sep 9, 2016 08:56:36 #
Thank you for looking. Fun, but frustrating birds to photograph.
Sep 9, 2016 08:57:57 #
bigwolf40 wrote:
Very nice shots indeed....Rich
Thank you for checking them out. As I was saying, 50 shots in the discard pile for every keeper.
Sep 9, 2016 08:59:42 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Nice images. That's a nice Canon combination. Al... (show quote)
Thanks for looking at the pictures. You are right, this has been a nice combination. With the extender, AF is limited to the central sensor, but if there is any kind of light, it still locks on quickly. Any error in AF is 95% operator error.
Sep 9, 2016 09:03:27 #
Camerant wrote:
Very nice and technically perfect!
You are too kind. Thanks for checking them out. Hummingbirds are a real challenge for me. The Allen's was shot in very early morning light, so getting focus can be difficult. I found that using flash disturbs these birds so I have just been using natural light. I have been using these feeders in a local wildlife refuge quite often so I have learned to ID many of the individual birds and when I flash them, they start, fly away and do not return for 5-10'.
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Sep 9, 2016 15:24:35 #
iDoc wrote:
Great shots. Very informative.
Thank you for checking the pictures out. Hummers are among my favorite birds to photograph.
Sep 9, 2016 15:24:57 #
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