Still humming! by Ti-Paul

Photography • Animals • posted on May 23, 2005

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Well! They're still humming and i'm still trying!I have never taken so many pictures of the same subject in my entire life! I can't believe how quick these little guys are! Those two picture were taken right from my kitchen window! You should see me trying to hide away from those super sonic little rascals! I really have to come up with a better plan let me tell you! Here's a couple of shots ,that i thought where not too bad! I have'nt yet master the perfect "frozen wing effect" well, maybe some day it will come!I have to learn how to use this new camera of mine!Specialy at high speed combined with light sensitivity/ASA/aperture/the whole kit! My resultes are always too dark or too grainy for this type of photography! Any advice from anyone is very much welcome! I want to thank everybody for there nice comments on my last posted picture,and also,a very special thank you to "Pimbotin" for my nice present yesterday,this guy rocks! Check it out! I wish you all a super great week-end! Take care !:)

Comments (23)

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cbender

1:34AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

cool... looks good to me... concerning your asking for ideas... ?!? sorry... nothing from my side here... have no experience with capturing birds... but i guess there will be others who could...

faby

1:55AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Superbe prise de vue.

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Dianthus

3:33AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

That is brilliant capture. I know how hard they are to photo. V

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TheSeekerr

4:00AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

That's something I've never tried! They look good to me, the second one is quite a good example of the frozen effect, though I prefer the first overall.

jared99

4:23AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Wonderful shots! I think this is a Rufus (Roufus?) hummingbird? For tips on shooting hummers, see this very informative and well done web page from a professional photographer: http://www.rpphoto.com/howto/hummer/humguide1.htm

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Zabeth

5:00AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Simply fantastic!!! J'adore, difficile de te donner des ids... Have a great day!

Sylvaine

6:23AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Cuicui...You get it...and its beautiful...pas de commentaire donner...elles me satisfont totallement....

KiwiMiss

6:35AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

These look fine to me. Wish I could help but I'm still trying to learn my camera so can't give you any advice on flying birds. My suggestion would be to ask in the forum - I'm sure you'll get some excellent advice there. I like how you captured the birds colours in the top one and how it's little feet are tucked up. I'm sure you'll have fun practising some more ... Noeline

pimbotin

8:29AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

H Merci de rien, tr cher... Je ne vois pas bien quoi reprocher celle du bas, aujourd'hui. Elle me semble tout fait parfaite, je ne crois pas avoir le souvenir d'avoir vu des ailes de colibri plus nettes que celles-ci... Bonne journ!

Tedz

11:52AM | Mon, 23 May 2005

A fine capture here!

sdowning

12:06PM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Great captures!!~ Awesome!!

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chantal-france

12:34PM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Bnsoi Paul :) Eh bien, tu te drouilles vraiment tr bien avec ton nouvel appareil :)) Je en vois pas trop ce que tu pourrais amiorer : c'est tout bon, mon ami :)) Je ne savais pas qu'il y avait des colibris au Canada !! Superbe, mon cher :)) V

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lajasmine

10:34PM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Hbien on est arrivarrer les ailes pour que l'on voit clairement ..Excellente photo Paul ..tu aurais des cours me donner ;)watataw!*****

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GiveMe

11:21PM | Mon, 23 May 2005

Fantastic photos. Very well done. Tks :^)

cynlee

12:55AM | Tue, 24 May 2005

awesome closeups! i would think their wings would move tooooo fast to freeze, hmmm :]

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WandM

2:00AM | Tue, 24 May 2005

Impressive shots!

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Lledeline

2:44PM | Tue, 24 May 2005

Great shots.

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sossy

5:28PM | Tue, 24 May 2005

gorgeous action captures of these fantastic and wonderful birds! a perfect timing! very impressive to see the quick wings! ;o)

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Enmos

4:07PM | Wed, 25 May 2005

Wow cool shots, i think you did very well here !! Awesome work Paul !!! Superb !! :o)

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MossSphere

12:33PM | Thu, 26 May 2005

Excellent pictures - I gather they do 'flap' very fast so presumably you have to try speeds of 1/1000th second or more to get 'frozen' wings, the second shot looks as if the wings move faster than a speeding flash gun!!!

soulofharmony

1:44AM | Sun, 29 May 2005

you are doing well sir.. no rehearsal in this composition.. well done fantastic capture :)...)))))))))))

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