For the umpteenth time, I'm saying my "best hummingbird photo yet."
Jun 24, 2019 12:46:26 #
Old_Chief wrote:
WOW! What a great picture. Thanks for sharing.
Another one taken through a closed window at a 45 degree angle.
This is the hummingbird as an orchestra conductor.
Sometimes my hummingbird leads the other others birds in the sound of a full orchestra. Here he in instructing the horns to come in fortissimo! Note the beads of perspiration on his nose. They are dripping down and spilling off his toe feathers! LOL
Jun 24, 2019 14:37:43 #
Jun 24, 2019 14:40:31 #
raymondh wrote:
You keep raising the bar!!!
I try. I'm raising the bar on myself.
Thank you.
Jun 24, 2019 16:59:16 #
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Jun 24, 2019 18:40:17 #
keith k wrote:
how did you get such a sharp image? 1/1000 sec with remote?
Keith
Keith
I don't understand your question? Yes, I used a radio remote to trigger the camera's shutter at 1/250 seconds,but it's six Godox flashes firing at 1/128 power that provides a short duration of light that lasts for tens of micro seconds that freezes the image. The fast accurate auto-focus of the Sony A99II camera also helps with the sharpness.
Jun 24, 2019 19:14:16 #
Dave, I am spending so much time "green with envy" that I may stay green forever.
Jun 24, 2019 19:30:50 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
Davethehiker wrote:
I decided to use a different lens today. I used my 70~300mm lens set at 250mm.
I took 43 photos like this today. I have not had time to look at all of them. This was the second of the series and I performed my PP on it so I could see one before I go to sleep.
I proved to myself that anyone can do this; you do not need the exotic 600mm f/4 lens that I have been using. It's all about the lighting.
I took 43 photos like this today. I have not had time to look at all of them. This was the second of the series and I performed my PP on it so I could see one before I go to sleep.
I proved to myself that anyone can do this; you do not need the exotic 600mm f/4 lens that I have been using. It's all about the lighting.
Really tack sharp on double download! Beautiful Davethehiker. Maybe it's time for you to follow Steve Perry, and produce an ebook to purchase for those of us who would like to follow your techniques and learn how to capture some of these stunning images. I'll purchase the first one !!!
Jun 24, 2019 19:41:55 #
My local brick and mortar camera club has asked me to give a presentation on how I take my hummingbird photos. The thrust of my presentation will be how anyone can use creative thinking to take photos like I have been posting. In the past I believed that one needed an exotic prime lens to do this. Indeed, I was using a 300mm f/2.8 or a 600mm f/4 prime lenses. I discovered recently that many of my good lenses worked just as good. One does not need expensive exotic lens.
Jun 24, 2019 20:05:32 #
AirWalter wrote:
Really tack sharp on double download! Beautiful Davethehiker. Maybe it's time for you to follow Steve Perry, and produce an ebook to purchase for those of us who would like to follow your techniques and learn how to capture some of these stunning images. I'll purchase the first one !!!
Thank you, but I'm retired, really retired! I have written an e-blog posted by Gary Fiedman years ago. That was too much like work. I would rather cut weeds on my trail.
If you attend my camera club meeting in Washington PA on March 3rd 2020, you can attend my presentation.
Jun 26, 2019 09:37:56 #
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