On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:56 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > This year there seem to be about twice as many hummingbirds at the > feeders as there have been in previous years. > > That still doesn't make them particularly easy to photograph; the > amount of time a hummer stays in one place is just about long enough > for me to get the camera pointed at it, but not long enough to press > the shutter release. I've got whole bunches of shots of hummingbirds > leaving the frame, or pointed in odd directions, or out of focus, or > any one of other things that could go wrong. It's reasonably easy to > get a shot of one perched on the feeder, but getting a shot of a bird > in flight is a whole lot more challenging. > > Of course, that challenge makes it a lot more rewarding when you win. > Recently (with the K-5 and 60-250) I have managed to get one or two > shots that at least let me refine my choice of shutter speed, etc. > (I think this shot would be better with a slightly longer exposure). > This is my most recent attempt: > > http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/hummer.jpg > > (K-5, 60-250@250mm, TAv, 1/320 @ f8, ISO 1000, cropped about 2x). > > It would be better if it were more of a front-on shot so the red > markings on the throat were more visble (although this is probably > a juvenile, so he won't have as brilliant a throat as an adult male). > But this is at least good enough to encourage me to keep trying; in > previous years I haven't got anything anywhere near as good as this.
Stunning!! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
