Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:46 PM
#1
Bill M inspired me to go out and image our little guys. We have several varieties, black-chinned, calliope, broad-tailed, and rufous. Good gorgette (sp?) shots eluded me today...couldn't catch the males with their fronts towards the sun. I do NOT like feeder shots but included a couple never the less. Enjoy, thanks for looking, and leave a comment if you'd like.
Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:48 PM
#2 Beeline
Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:48 PM
#3 Calliope male
Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:49 PM
#4
Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:49 PM
#5
Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:49 PM
#6
Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:50 PM
#7
Posted by Pam Colander on July 22, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Bill: that's the colored spot on the throats of the males. It looks very dark unless the light hits it just right, then it can be bright red, purple or other color depending upon species. #6 shows it from the side, it's the dark patch on the throat. If he'd been facing the sun it would be ruby red.
Posted by Guy Schmickle on July 23, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Neat shots, Pam. What kind of shutter speeds were you getting in order to better freeze the wings?
Posted by Pam Colander on July 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM
What Dan said Thanks everyone. I can't tell you how many erasures I had with this session. Been a while since I'd done hummers. This was several hours of shooting handheld from a distance of 5-12 feet. I used the 70-200 f2.8 IS lens plus the quite crappy 75-300 f5.6 IS lens which isn't bad if you find it's sweet spot. Neck and shoulders are feeling it today from the heavier lens! Guy, shutters were anywhere from 1/1000 to 1/6400 with ISOs 400 - 1600. F stop was usually in the 3 to 5.6 range with occasional 2.8s. Was pleased to see not much noise with the 5D at the extreme ISO settings. Still bummed about missing all those gorgeous male shots...maybe next time.
PS - my fav shot is #2. Darn near erased it...glad I didn't. I quite like the dynamics with the hummer doing what it does best, homing in on a food source
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18 repliesBill M inspired me to go out and image our little guys. We have several varieties, black-chinned, calliope, broad-tailed, and rufous. Good gorgette (sp?) shots eluded me today...couldn't catch the males with their fronts towards the sun. I do NOT like feeder shots but included a couple never the less. Enjoy, thanks for looking, and leave a comment if you'd like.
PS - my fav shot is #2. Darn near erased it...glad I didn't. I quite like the dynamics with the hummer doing what it does best, homing in on a food source
I really like the shots where the tails are fanned and the detail stands out, #5 is killer IMO.