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Post by olroy2044 on Jul 26, 2013 15:28:28 GMT -5
For about 40 years (no fooling!) I have been trying to get a decent photo of a humming bird. I've run the gamut of long lenses, tripods with remote releases, bait stations, all to no avail. Without a camera to hand, I have literally had the little critters hovering within inches of my face! Pick up a camera, and---- POOF!---Humming birds disappear! I have been almost driven to the flyswatter!
However, this morning, fairly early, I broke the jinx! Nothing fancy, a manual focus Tamron 103A on the 20d, @210mm actual, (366mm effective) f11, 1/750, ISO 400, handheld:
Then just for grins, one of them landed and stayed there long enough for me to change lenses and try a cheap Vivitar autofocus 100-300 @ 300mm
All photos tweaked slightly for exposure in Auto HDR, and .25% unsharp applied in Gimp. The Vivitar shot got .5%. They weren't at all bad as shot.
Roy
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Jul 26, 2013 15:45:18 GMT -5
Excellent, well done, a difficult subject, especially in the UK!, mind you the Kingfisher is pretty difficult to get shots of, except when watching for fish.
Stephen.
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mickeyobe
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 26, 2013 16:46:18 GMT -5
Congratulations Roy.
Lovely pictures of a most elusive prey.
Mickey
Oh. And thanks to the hummingbirds for being so patient with you.
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Post by olroy2044 on Jul 27, 2013 9:32:42 GMT -5
Mickey and Stephen, Thank You!
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