Nose to Nose/Beak to Beak
Jul 16, 2018 20:06:45 #
I was totally surprised by this photo and had to submit since catching this, whether planned or otherwise, was such a catch. While waiting in my front yard for hummingbirds to come to our feeder, this happened. I was taking pictures of one. It started to fly away and I tried to follow it. Unknown to me, there was another hummingbird that came to chase the original hummer away. When I looked at the pictures, I found that I had gotten both in one picture. Although not a great picture, I still thought it might be worth submitting.
Jul 16, 2018 20:38:50 #
Jul 16, 2018 20:40:43 #
I have put out humming bird feeders for several years but they failed to show the past two seasons (Fort Worts, Texas). One showed up last week but the feeders were empty. I’ve never tried to capture them on film. Currently on the hunt for a good point & shoot camera and wondering what is the minimum shutter speed needed to capture their image stopped in flight.
Jul 16, 2018 21:28:38 #
Good question. I think I read once it was about 1600. I'm sure others on UHH can tell for sure. I took this at 1/2000.
Jul 16, 2018 21:30:03 #
Base_fiddle wrote:
Good catch! You don't have to be good, just lucky.
It sure helps 😊
Jul 16, 2018 22:56:50 #
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Jul 17, 2018 20:38:53 #
Tulipwood wrote:
Thank you Leek. Should be no problem finding a camera that will handle that.
My husband has been trying to get pictures of our hummingbirds too but doesn't know how to manage the Manual functions. I put it on the auto 'action' setting. They aren't too bad but I don't feel they come out as well as the manual settings. I have no idea if point and shoot would have the high shutter speed that you would really need. Trying to get pictures of sports are very different than hummingbird wings.
Jul 18, 2018 10:32:27 #
Hi again Leek. Since my first post I’ve done some internet research on shooting hummingbirds. Seems it can get complicated. To truly freeze the wings requires a shutter speed close to 16,000 frames per second. Now you’re talking five or six thousand dollar cameras. The way one expert achieves it is with a strobe flash with the flash turned down to a fraction of its full power. This link takes you to a 7-year old article on B&H Photo about it. Quite a project. One for an expert photographer which I’m certainly not so I agree with you not something a point & shoot could accomplish. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/content/secret-photographing-hummingbirds
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