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Post by Eric Patdu on Sept 18, 2012 14:35:16 GMT
Here are my first tries on hummingbird photography. I tried luring it with cut flowers but it ignores them so I have to be content with the feeder shots. I don't have a calibrated monitor so not sure if the processing is just right. Shooting Info: Canon EOS 60D, EF 300mm f/4L IS + 1.4x, 1/800 sec, f/7.1, 420mm, tripod and gimbal head support. Shooting Info: Canon EOS 60D, EF 300mm f/4L IS + 1.4x, 1/800 sec, f/7.1, 420mm, tripod and gimbal head support. Shooting Info: Canon EOS 60D, EF 300mm f/4L IS + 1.4x, 1/800 sec, f/8.0, 420mm, tripod and gimbal head support. |
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Post by Ariel Matias on Sept 20, 2012 15:35:20 GMT
Very sharp and excellent pictures!
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 20, 2012 23:06:53 GMT
Very nice shots. You must have been within 3 meters to catch this flying dynamos. Well done Eric & Mabuhay.
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Post by Eric Patdu on Sept 21, 2012 3:49:25 GMT
Thanks Ariel and Sir Ely. I only have one female hummingbird visiting my feeder and it is very skittish. A slight movement and its gone.
What I did was I setup my camera and pre-focus it to where it will feed and use a shutter release cable so I can stay a few more feet away from the feeder and the camera. I cowered down behind a chair and waited motionless for what seems like an eternity for the bird to feed again. A short burst from the camera and it's gone again.
Took me five days of trial and error on camera settings before I finally got these photos that I like. The first two photos were taken on the fourth day while the 3rd photo was taken on the 5th day when I bought a feeder without perch so I can catch it hovering.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 21, 2012 5:47:55 GMT
Thanks Ariel and Sir Ely. I only have one female hummingbird visiting my feeder and it is very skittish. A slight movement and its gone. What I did was I setup my camera and pre-focus it to where it will feed and use a shutter release cable so I can stay a few more feet away from the feeder and the camera. I cowered down behind a chair and waited motionless for what seems like an eternity for the bird to feed again. A short burst from the camera and it's gone again. Took me five days of trial and error on camera settings before I finally got these photos that I like. The first two photos were taken on the fourth day while the 3rd photo was taken on the 5th day when I bought a feeder without perch so I can catch it hovering. I can appreciate what you are saying about it being skittish. I was in LA last March and had the same experience. What I did is to position myself and make myself part of the furniture and wait for the bird to come. LOL. |
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Post by Juan Manuel C. Del Prado on Sept 23, 2012 16:55:12 GMT
Hi Eric. I read from an old issue of the National Geographic of an orchid enthusiast who sprayed his flowers with a certain French cologne to attract hummingbirds, and was successful. I am still looking around for that issue of NatGeo, will let you know asap cologne's name. Beautiful photos!
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Post by Edwin Matias on Nov 22, 2012 1:03:06 GMT
Eric,
Great Captures of the hummingbird
Regards,
Edwin
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