Hummer itching for a Dogfight
Boomer Depp
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Boomer Depp
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I don't think it will be long before you get Real Tired of seeing Big Red
The last shot is quite nice, Good light and good pose/wing motion. Exif would be nice to see.
A suggestion, if you remove the perch and watch carefully you will notice they move in to sip, move back and then move back in.
The time to shoot is when they are in transition and you can capture them in the entire frame or crop out the feeder, IMHO...
Cheers, Don
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The pics were meant for fun...catching the little ones in a scuffle...which as you know is more about territorial rights.
I did just start shooting hummers...however I'm not new to photography,been shooting over 40 years.
First tried most of my lens from 200mm to 800mm....had to work on my focusing first before getting all set up with props and lights....settled on about 300mm and have been practicing with four different 300mm lenses.
After I was comfortable with my focusing....I started cropping out the feeder or perch as you suggested...then last week started having the lens focused just off the feeder so as not to capture it in the pic...my next step is to hang some props of hanging honeysuckle cuttings and use an eyedropper to put sugar water in the blossoms...surround with at least three light-stands and speed lights or more and give it a go.
After I'm satisfied with my results with lighting,I'll return to pursuing hummers with natural light...to tell the truth I find most of the hummer pics taken with lighting to be somewhat surreal....I'm more of a fan of natural lighting when doing flower and fauna.
My wife won't let me cut the perches off,because she likes seeing them rest.
I just recently retired from 40 years of in Marine Construction,so it's is more for fun then anything.