Well caught in a nice setting, Jostein. I understand that their wings do not ever stop while in flight, but instead, each does a continuous figure eight. Seems likely to me.(?)
J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jostein" <p...@alunfoto.no> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 1:56:55 PM Subject: Re: Hummer Freezing(?) I've shot exactly one session with those birds, a ruby-throated hummingbird I encountered along the Big Sur in 2013. I remember thinking that the wings would have to stop before they turned, and rattled off a lot of frames hoping to hit the point where the wings switched direction. That was without flash, at 1/1000s shutter speed. I had to crank up the ISO to 1600 too. Hit to miss ratio was about 1:30, I guess. Here's what that looked like: http://www.alunfoto.no/album/big-sur/innhold/hummingbird/?base_folder=/ Jostein Den 01.08.2016 16.48, skrev Jack Davis: > > > My wife made the decision (of course) to hang a couple Hummingbird feeders. > I've been dinkin' around attempting to freeze them with an AF540-FGZ on the > K-3. > I've chosen to use "M" flash setting at 1/64 duration. Not doing it!! > Said setting does, however, fully light a scene 'prox 25' across the family > room..?? > 1/1=1/1200. > Tried PTTL at minus a couple stops duration. Background too dark and image > soft. I read it > can do 1/20000 in the right light. Probably shooting into a mirror close-up.;) > > Any one? > > J > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1080 > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1081 > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1082 > -- 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. -- 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.
