Three frames.
That's all this little dude gave me.
Then he bolted.
I waited around for a little while to see if he might return.
He did not.
Since the bugs were eating me alive while I was waiting,
I had to abandon the anticipation of his return.
It was still fun though!
great set of pics of a beautiful subject. like how they show the detail of the body with the wing blur. well worth the aggravation from the bugs. good job!
Lovely captures Larry!
With Morris #1 for the wing position. Perhaps a little more push to lift shadow at the head or exposure+ overall for the dynamics
Excellent captures!
Karl
volhoosier wrote:
great set of pics of a beautiful subject. like how they show the detail of the body with the wing blur. well worth the aggravation from the bugs. good job!
Thanks Wendall. The fact there was no breeze made the bug situation worse.
Karl Witt wrote:
Lovely captures Larry!
With Morris #1 for the wing position. Perhaps a little more push to lift shadow at the head or exposure+ overall for the dynamics
Excellent captures!
Karl
Thanks for your input Karl. I agree that the "middle tones" would benefit from a slight adjustment.
guywithgas wrote:
Best way to have them around is to have a feeder and a good mix of sugar water.
Sreedhar
I've found when there are lots of bugs around the hummers are focussed on them and pretty much ignore my feeder. Of course it's much more challenging to photograph them when they're chasing bugs than when they're hovering around a feeder.
vbnut wrote:
You clearly haven't reached the full level of addiction to bird photography yet. If you had, you wouldn't have let the bugs stop you
Good point.
I'm not really a big fan of bugs in general. In the fall I cover field trials for our local dog club. It is typically held in a field with fairly heavy "cover"....aka lots of tall grass. Perfect environment for all kinds of bugs...including ticks. I spray the ground where I am seated with OFF to try and keep the bugs at bay. It's not 100% effective but it's better than nothing.
douter wrote:
I have the same problem, Larry, upon sighting one, by the time I get my camera, they are gone!
Douglas
They seem to have favorite times of the day with early evening being their favorite....usually between 5:30 and 7:30....ish. They also seem to limit their time to about 30 seconds near the feeder then they will leave for 5-10 minutes before returning for another round at the feeder.
I am currently searching for some sort of stool to sit my fat old arse upon during the waiting period.
