J. Platt - can i ask what settings you used - I am going to plant myself in a chair near my Bee Balm with the hope of catching one on a flower i got one on the feeder on my porch but I want to get one at the flowers.

Those are all absolutely beautiful.. Along with others i wish you could post what lens you used and the settings. i love photographing flowers and i just love all those. thank you for sharing
Betsy

Thank you NMGal

I have many flower pictures stored on my computer. i am having fun attacking all the flowers. If I dont share them who would get to see them. So hang in there while I share some flowers from my yard. Hope you like them. i have so many more so I will share some at a later time. Is there a way to put multiple pictures on one page , instead of one at a time? Some are better than others, and I know i have to work on focus points. I am a work in progress!

thank you for all the info, I appreciate that. And yes i dont have a really good understanding of photography, but i am learning an want to learn more. There is lot of things i dont undertand about my camera and i want to learn more and master it. I am retired housewife and love taking pictures now, mostly of flowers and scenery. thanks again for the info. I will study it carefully. I do understand what Iso, apature, shutter speed are , just need to learn how they all work together with my camera for a good exposure. I have gotten some really good pictures of flowers with this camera, even winning 3rd place in a contest at or local mall. Needless to say, i was thrilled. When i asked the question, I was playing around with my camera and looking at all the controls and saw one for back lighting, so was wondering if I could use that and still be in Manuel mode. Then i realized that function is under the "Scene" mode and is a choice under that mode but cannot be used with motion, so that is out because i want to capture a hummingbird with a clear image. I wil keep trying for sure

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Okey Doke!

Thank you. I changed the angle so the backround is a large evergreen instead of the white house across the street. i will keep practicing

Ok, thanks Linda

thank you twowindsbear,
I changed my approach to the hummer by moving my camera so the white house across the street is not in the backround. I used a tripod with a remote cord and waited for the little bugger to come. I can see the focus is out, but not sure what to do about that - I set the camera up and focused on the test tube, but the hummer is not exactly at that place so maybe i need to hold an object up right n front of the feeder and focus on that? I have trouble hand holding the camera and getting a shot cuz they move so fast by the time i pust the shutter. Do you think i should manuel focus or use the AF? Thank you again for your input

thank you gemeader, I am trying to get a good pic of a hummingbird and i have a setup on my porch that is backlit. My camera has a backlight option i was asking about but in studying it further, it is under the scene mode. But i cannot use that in anything that has motion. But thank you so much for the suggestions,i will try them on hummingbirds. I have till around August when they stop coming here to figure it out. I wil keep trying.
Betsy

i read some more and it is under the scene mode as a choice. But i cannot use it for anything with motion. I am wanting to get some good pics of a hummingbird in a back light situation. I will keep trying.

thank you so much for the advice. i will continue to try to get some good pics. I am waiting for my bee balm to bloom then i will wait and ambush them! But i wil also keep trying from my porch. I have till August when they stop coming.

thank you for the suggestion i will definitely check it out. I have watche a few U tube clips on photographing hummers. But I was just questioning the use of the backlight option on my camera. It is under the scene mode and i cannot use it for moving objects. I fugured it out on my own. But I will keep working on getting a good hummer pic.
Betsy