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a quick shot at a FAST Humming bird
« on: July 02, 2013, 02:23:38 PM »


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Re: a quick shot at a FAST Humming bird
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 02:28:28 PM »
The ones in my yard are fast as well.  :chuckle:

I have researched trying to get good pics of them, but it requires quite a  flash setup to stop the motion of the wings, assuming that is your goal. I decided  I would just watch and appreciate and not stress trying to get the best shot.

but I will look at yours  :tup:

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Re: a quick shot at a FAST Humming bird
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2013, 02:44:22 PM »
My wife has ordered me to keep my eyes open for the humming birds and the camera ready! She wants some photos to make stationary with, so instead of just enjoying watching them I have a gun to my head!  ;) :) :chuckle:

To stop the wing motion speed up the shutter speed as fast as possible and open up the f stop. I didn't get a chance to do either, I just grabbed the camera and snapped a photo while I had a chance. My ISO was 100, the aperture was f/4 and the shutter speed was only 1/200th. of a second.

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Re: a quick shot at a FAST Humming bird
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2013, 02:48:17 PM »
You will still likely get wing blur (not always a bad thing)
I'll look for the site I was reading recently and post it on here.

here you go Gramps

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=photographing+hummingbirds+flash&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

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Re: a quick shot at a FAST Humming bird
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2013, 12:10:25 PM »
I like to set my camera w/flash on a tripod, then focus in on where the bird will be (feeder or flower) then turn on manual focus.  I then sit inside with my remote shutter release and shoot them as they come in.
After a few minutes they do not even care about the flash.
A buddy of mine has a great pic of a hummer, while I was waiting for a hummer to come to the feeder so I could get a shot the little bugger actually landed on my camera. I still think that hummer was mocking us.
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