Well, as you can plainly see, I have not gone out for a while. With the house pretty much needing some extra care right now (now I need to build TWO fences), and the paintwork has increased exponentially, I found myself just watching the birds out back, including a few hummingbirds. I can't believe Oregonians are lucky enough to have hummingbirds hang around here all winter long.
This is the second summer we've even had the feeder up, and finally I see hummers on a regular basis stop by for a few sips. This one has made our arbor hedge his winter home and he sits there literally six feet away and darts in and out all day long for his super sweet treat.
And also with the other birds like the Northern Flicker and the Downy Woodpecker and all the titmouses, chickadees and finches. But this little guy burns energy so fast that on colder days like today, he's more willing to stick around even though I was about 5 feet away from him. He's used to me anyway from the summer, but I don't think I've ever been able to see him this close.
So I decided to snap a few pics of him, so Milton and I can learn more about nature together.
And I thought you'd like to see him too
Kevin
Specs:
Canon 5D
70-200 f/4 L @200 mm and f/4
ISO 800
1/200 sec
420EX flash at -2 FEC
handheld
cropped from portrait to landscape style (>50% pixels trashed)
This all new to me, so there are a list of things I'd like to do differently next time. #1 would be a LONGER LENS. Next time I hope to be able to crop in a more off-center way, but I think this works OK, too;)
Posted by Eric Hahl on December 21, 2006 at 9:23 AM
Thats a darn nice portrait.
Posted by Marc Adamus on December 21, 2006 at 3:00 PM
Difficult too look up at birds and shoot them like this. Nice work with the flash. The branch is a little distracting, but it's still a keeper.
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2 repliesWell, as you can plainly see, I have not gone out for a while. With the house pretty much needing some extra care right now (now I need to build TWO fences), and the paintwork has increased exponentially, I found myself just watching the birds out back, including a few hummingbirds. I can't believe Oregonians are lucky enough to have hummingbirds hang around here all winter long.
This is the second summer we've even had the feeder up, and finally I see hummers on a regular basis stop by for a few sips. This one has made our arbor hedge his winter home and he sits there literally six feet away and darts in and out all day long for his super sweet treat.
And also with the other birds like the Northern Flicker and the Downy Woodpecker and all the titmouses, chickadees and finches. But this little guy burns energy so fast that on colder days like today, he's more willing to stick around even though I was about 5 feet away from him. He's used to me anyway from the summer, but I don't think I've ever been able to see him this close.
So I decided to snap a few pics of him, so Milton and I can learn more about nature together.
And I thought you'd like to see him too
Kevin
Specs:
Canon 5D
70-200 f/4 L @200 mm and f/4
ISO 800
1/200 sec
420EX flash at -2 FEC
handheld
cropped from portrait to landscape style (>50% pixels trashed)
This all new to me, so there are a list of things I'd like to do differently next time. #1 would be a LONGER LENS. Next time I hope to be able to crop in a more off-center way, but I think this works OK, too;)