Douglas L wrote:
Really lovely hummer shots! Wish we ahve them here year around, we only have the ruby-throated hummers from late April to late Sept.
Some shots from today.
Thanks. One of those subjects that never gets old. It's crazy how much the gorget changes color depending on their mood and the light. We have a couple different species year round plus some seasonal visitors.
More from this morning...
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/500 400
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/1250 1000
I could not get around to the downwind side without walking off a cliff so the osprey always took off slightly away.
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/3200 2000
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/3200 2000
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/320 500
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/500 500
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/320 800
If only they would dive for fish this close
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/2500 1250
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/500 1250
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 10:27 AM.
Looking at the painting "Saint Peter raises Tabitha" by Fabrizio Santafede.
Hand Held, relying on Camera IBIS, A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph, FE mount lens; silent shutter.
ISO 1600, f2, 1/60 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.35 Stops.
March 20, 2022
At the church Pio Monte della Misericordia, Napoli (Naples), Italy.
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/1250 1250
Heavy crop, just over 2500 pixels on the long side in the original. Downsized to 1600 for the board. Always amazed how well it holds up.
Sony ILCE-1
FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
/4.0 600.0 mm 1/320 500
Video of one hummingbird stretching and flashing his gorget. It's a little repetitive. There isn't an A1 video thread so I added it here.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 4:18 PM.
Looking at Autumn Color on the far side of Jordan Creek.
Tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 110 f2.5 Macro Apo-Lanthar lens, FE mount; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f8, 1/125 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.09 Stops.
October 27, 2022
Along Jordan Creek, near the Pedestrian Bridge and Ford, Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, PA.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 12:18 PM.
Looking at a portion of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore often called the "Duomo" due to its red dome. A portion of a cart outside of the Cathedral can be seen to the lower right.
Hand Held, relying on Camera IBIS, A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph, FE mount lens; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f5.6, 1/200 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.09 Stops.
March 22, 2022
At the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (the "Duomo" ) Firenze (Florence), Italy.
You never know what you might see while out and about... always have the camera with you
The whitetail bucks are in rut right now, this one was trailing the sent of a female and didn't really care I was in the area. Love photographing these guys!
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 1:27 PM.
Looking out past my backyard, across the retention ponds, across the farmers cornfield at homes, Post Office and Trees in Autumn Color. Heavy Equipment has been run through the retention ponds which can be seen and the damage can be seen and the Cattails have been removed again.
Tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph lens; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f8, 1/250 Second.
Exoposure was Corrected +0.26 Stops.
October 26, 2022
Looking out my Kitchen sliding door, across my backyard, retention ponds, farmers corn field at the trees in autumn color homes and Post Office.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 11:15 AM.
Looking at an Oil Painting on Wood named "The Baptism of Christ". It was painted in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio who is thought to have had a hand in painting it along with his pupil Leonardo da Vinci. It is thought to have been completed about 1475.
Cropped, Hand Held, relying on Camera IBIS, A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph, FE mount lens; silent shutter.
ISO 1600, f2.8, 1/160 second.
March 23, 2022
In the Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery- Museum), Firenze (Florence), Italy.
