Humming Birds

Not the greatest examples of technical perfection, BUT these guys are not easy to capture. DL











--Dogleader

Good work. This type of photography is really the realm of the SLR with high quality glass hanging on the body. I try to avoid using the converters on my 990 due to the soft focus and difficulty of focusing through the LCD.

Come hell or high water, the 990 will be replaced by a D30 or hopefully a new D1X. Costly propostion but a necessity for serious nature photography. Nothing can beat the quality of images with the larger CCDs on these digital SLRs with the glass they use.

I feel that samples and galleries should be divided up into consumer level digitals and SLR digitals. I've got a pile of bird shots that'd be 1000 percent better in quality taken with a D30, D1 or the new Kodak 760. I hesitate to post them because of the soft focus.
SLRs for the masses!!

Rob I agree, the more I learn the more I would like a D30, well maybe one day. DL

Hi Dogleader,

I have never seen a humming bird in real life, only on TV at some time or other and do know they are very fast. I have a problem capturing even large cumbersome birds like cardinals, bluejays. I enjoyed your shots here very much, gave me the opportunity to see one close up. You should be giving yourself a slap on the back of approval. It's not easy nor can everyone do it.
Thank you for sharing DL.
Regards Ralph

Dogleader said:

Not the greatest examples of technical perfection, BUT these guys
are not easy to capture. DL











--
Dogleader

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Ralph Thanks very much, Don't know where you live but you won't see these little fellows unless you are looking , they do buzz in and out like a bullet. Check Hide's Hummers his focus is great, I have same camera I better get some lessons. DL

These are great Dl.

I still haven't put up a feeder for them yet but I can see that it might be a great idea.
I didn't see any sign of the parents in the nest photo that i just posted.
Regards,
Bill

BillS Thanks Bill, trying to get lessons from Hide his are so sharp. DL

These are actually prety good, especially the first one. It is a difficult subject. I have seen a few around here, but never in a situation where I would even attempt to photograph them. If the background happened to be darker these would be fantastic shots.

Dave Thanks Dave, I am trying some settings I got from Hide, DL