Hovering Wing Speed
Jul 20, 2022 06:14:31 #
Its one thing to read or be told about the wing speed of hummingbirds, but it's hard to imagine until you see it. This image was taken at 1/1000s...
Jul 20, 2022 07:16:42 #
rv8striker
Loc: St. Louis, MO area
Very nice capture. I’ve been trying my hand at hummers the last few days and know how hard it is to get sharp focus like this. And yes, those wings are moving. Nice work! 
Jul 20, 2022 07:19:35 #
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Jul 20, 2022 08:53:44 #
BooIsMyCat
Loc: Somewhere
Nicely done.
Up your SS to 3200 - 4000 or even higher, if you can, w/o too much noise. This will freeze the motion in their wings.
Up your SS to 3200 - 4000 or even higher, if you can, w/o too much noise. This will freeze the motion in their wings.
Jul 20, 2022 14:55:23 #
joer wrote:
Its one thing to read or be told about the wing speed of hummingbirds, but it's hard to imagine until you see it. This image was taken at 1/1000s...
Nice joe
Jul 21, 2022 06:31:53 #
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Jul 21, 2022 10:59:58 #
Obviously not fast enough if you are interested in stopping the wings, but you know that. Good demo however of how fast they actually beat. Thanks for posting. You must have quite a setup in your back yard. Maybe you could share that with us some day. I know some people put in a lot of effort in they feeder setups to try to best shots possible. I suspect you are one of those.
Jul 21, 2022 11:01:11 #
Obviously not fast enough if you are interested in stopping the wings, but you know that. Good demo however of how fast they actually beat. Thanks for posting. You must have quite a setup in your back yard. Maybe you could share that with us some day. I know some people put in a lot of effort in they feeder setups to try to best shots possible.
Jul 21, 2022 11:12:53 #
joer wrote:
Its one thing to read or be told about the wing speed of hummingbirds, but it's hard to imagine until you see it. This image was taken at 1/1000s...
Nice shot Joe
Jul 21, 2022 13:13:46 #
Nalu wrote:
Obviously not fast enough if you are interested in stopping the wings, but you know that. Good demo however of how fast they actually beat. Thanks for posting. You must have quite a setup in your back yard. Maybe you could share that with us some day. I know some people put in a lot of effort in they feeder setups to try to best shots possible.
I'll attach an informative PDF describing how to stop them but it involves multiple flashes with their output reduced -- making them fire much faster than 1/8000 to stop the wings.
My issue is that I don't want to invest in more strobes and tripods. I used to be a photo gear junkie and don't want to become a repeat offender.
Jul 21, 2022 13:25:30 #
joer wrote:
Its one thing to read or be told about the wing speed of hummingbirds, but it's hard to imagine until you see it. This image was taken at 1/1000s...
Excellent - so fast, they disappear 💚💚💚💚💚
Jul 21, 2022 14:18:54 #
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