This is my first Humming bird attempt. Hopefully I can get closer to the birds and be able to capture more detail.

http://glennmayor.smugmug.com/photos/615000214_Y9gyV-L-0.jpg

This is my first Humming bird attempt. Hopefully I can get closer to the birds and be able to capture more detail.


Better than mine. I got a picture of a deer instead.:lol:

Nice picture BTW.

I think this is a very good picture. You can identify individual feather patterns around the head and breast areas. I don't think you need to get any closer and I'm not sure what other details you could want other than the ends of the wings. Issue there is probably shutter speed.

To "get closer" put up feeders in an area you can sit and watch and that has good perching sites. Let the feeders run out - and let the birds see you refill them. They will get comfortable with you in the area.

My wife has had them come aroung the house and into the garage (her smoking area), come right up to her face chittering - and then meet her at the back porch when she brings the refill out.

For great hummer pics try a longer lens, and increase your depth of field...
Nice photo!!!

I think this is a very good picture. You can identify individual feather patterns around the head and breast areas. I don't think you need to get any closer and I'm not sure what other details you could want other than the ends of the wings. Issue there is probably shutter speed.

To "get closer" put up feeders in an area you can sit and watch and that has good perching sites. Let the feeders run out - and let the birds see you refill them. They will get comfortable with you in the area.

My wife has had them come aroung the house and into the garage (her smoking area), come right up to her face chittering - and then meet her at the back porch when she brings the refill out.

I do have a feeder but hadn't thought about making sure they see me filling it. Good idea, thanks.

For great hummer pics try a longer lens, and increase your depth of field...
Nice photo!!!

I took this shot at 380mm and was about 10ft away.

1/500 f6.3 @ ISO 640.

Really nice shot..and some really good advise from the others...

Sweet picture...........we have millions of hummers this year!!! They go thru four feeders a day!!!

Finally PP more shots from yesterday morning.


http://glennmayor.smugmug.com/photos/616072937_C8KKD-L-0.jpg


http://glennmayor.smugmug.com/photos/616072497_uVeG5-L-0.jpg


http://glennmayor.smugmug.com/photos/616072373_VJJCM-L.jpg

For great hummer pics try a longer lens, and increase your depth of field...
Nice photo!!!

Stopping the wings is a speed problem, not a depth of field problem.
A shutter speed priority mode will allow you to shorten exposure time

Excellant pics :yay:

I like the wing blur, it shows motion which is important in an image. If you have a hummingbird just sitting there in mid air with wings stopped, it looks like it's cut and paste. It is cool to see them in stop motion, but for a photograph I prefer some sense of motion.

Nice shot!

J