Beautiful, Jostein. I love that image! Strong detail, and a crisp mage. I really love the color in the background,which harmonizes with the plumage.
The blossoms frame the bird well, and the curve of the lower branch adds a lot of interest and draws the eye into the bird itself. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Jostein <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > 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.