Green-throated carib hummingbird.

hwvlover · May 20, 2019

Arrived in St Lucia yesterday afternoon for a couple of weeks R&R. Had a go for the hummers this morning and it is an excellent test for the M4 focus lock as these little blighters really whizz around. I am using lock-on expand flexible spot. I had a few misses where it didn't grab the birds at all but when it did......

Apart from being cropped a bit these are SOOC.

Regards,
David
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AlwynS · May 20, 2019

Beautiful David!! Extremely well done. Nicely framed, nice and sharp, great colour.

Some might quibble over lack of detail in the dark areas but when I consider the challenges you faced to get a capture of this quality and I look at the image as a whole my response is, as Rhett so eloquently put it, quite frankly dear, I don't give a darn.

Kudos

gteague · May 20, 2019

awesome! my next-door neighbor has feeders and there's always dozens of hummers there. i'll go back with my m6 and see if i can get anything comparable.

decades ago in the b&w film days me and a friend spent an entire summer at his house trying to get good images of hummers and we failed pretty miserably despite throwing quite a bit of money at the problem. the consumer tech just wasn't up to the task in the 80s.

/guy

Reto B · May 20, 2019

Impressive! Very well done David.

Jerry045 · May 20, 2019

You need to show these to Rodger. He is having BIF issues with his M4.

Excellent as usual David. Have a super vacation.

hwvlover · May 20, 2019

AlwynS said:
Beautiful David!! Extremely well done. Nicely framed, nice and sharp, great colour.

Some might quibble over lack of detail in the dark areas but when I consider the challenges you faced to get a capture of this quality and I look at the image as a whole my response is, as Rhett so eloquently put it, quite frankly dear, I don't give a darn.

Kudos

Thank you Alwyn, I shall have a play with my set-up to see whether I can squeeze more detail out of the birds.
Regards,
David
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hwvlover · May 20, 2019

gteague said:
awesome! my next-door neighbor has feeders and there's always dozens of hummers there. i'll go back with my m6 and see if i can get anything comparable.

decades ago in the b&w film days me and a friend spent an entire summer at his house trying to get good images of hummers and we failed pretty miserably despite throwing quite a bit of money at the problem. the consumer tech just wasn't up to the task in the 80s.

/guy

Thank you Guy. I am just having fun and it keeps me out of mischief.....apparently. Ha Ha. And good luck.
Regards,
David
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hwvlover · May 20, 2019

Reto B said:
Impressive! Very well done David.

Thank you Reto.
Regards,
David
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hwvlover · May 20, 2019

Jerry045 said:
You need to show these to Rodger. He is having BIF issues with his M4.

Excellent as usual David. Have a super vacation.

Thank you Jerry. Almost two more weeks of this and I shall get the hummers trained...like robins. Ha Ha.
Regards,
David
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Eggiez · May 20, 2019

As I said on Facebook David, Superb. I am very envious... I shall hopefully be posting loads of puffins in flight shots when I go to Skomer - not quite as colourful as the hummingbird, but great fun tracking in flight.

Bestpix Photography · May 20, 2019

Really impressive, thanks for sharing

hwvlover · May 20, 2019

Eggiez said:
As I said on Facebook David, Superb. I am very envious... I shall hopefully be posting loads of puffins in flight shots when I go to Skomer - not quite as colourful as the hummingbird, but great fun tracking in flight.

And Gary, as I said on Facebook, thank you, that is a mega compliment coming from you. These little birds push the camera beyond its auto focus capabilities at times, they really do move incredibly quickly, even from hover moment to hover moment, so when it actually "catches" one it is fantastic.
Regards,
David
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hwvlover · May 20, 2019

Bestpix Photography said:
Really impressive, thanks for sharing

Thank you BP, that is very kind of you.
Regards,
David
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Rodger1943 · May 20, 2019

The focus certainly locked on to the hummer in those two shots. Great details in the plumage of the bird.

I'm curious as to why you decided to use "lock-on expand flexible spot" rather than some other setting, like "wide"?

MrHollywood · May 20, 2019

Damn good shots!

Rob

hwvlover · May 20, 2019

Rodger1943 said:
The focus certainly locked on to the hummer in those two shots. Great details in the plumage of the bird.

I'm curious as to why you decided to use "lock-on expand flexible spot" rather than some other setting, like "wide"?

Thank you Rodger. I continue to experiment with the focus area, what works best can be due to the way such as the ambient light changes. At times, in whatever setting, I find the focus can stick on something other than my target. Even in efs today I did not always achieve a focus lock BUT I am only a few feet from the birds and they really are all over the place at speed. So when it works, as here, I am very pleased with the result not, I hasten to add, that I have looked at them in microscopic detail.
Regards,
David
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hwvlover · May 20, 2019

MrHollywood said:
Damn good shots!

Rob

Thanks Rob, that is very kind of you.
Regards,
David
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Bassy · May 20, 2019

rodger watch these videos mark galer not about the rx10 4,but you can still use most settings he talks about

when you have time check out his other videos he knows what he is talking about

like setting up custom modes and metering the 2 below are mainly about focus

Bassy · May 20, 2019

very nice david the bird is looking great

Aquaroid · May 21, 2019

David, as usually - a great two captures. Love your birds!

It takes 1/4000th of a second to freeze the wings of a hummingbird.

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