Re: Off Topic - Hummingbirds - W/flash
| August 02, 2008 07:42PM |
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BillD Wrote:
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> He's a he (the females are much drabber than the
> males)...
>
> Roger, as you are discovering, the trick to
> getting good shots of hummingbirds using a flash
> is to set the flash for the minimum power (this
> gives the shortest duration flash). Oh, yes, move
> the card a little further back so the shadows
> don't fall on it
. But these are excellent
> initial tries. Do you know how many varieties of
> hummers you get up there? Down here at Ramsey
> Canyon, which is not too far from where I am
> (Tucson), you can see 17 varieties during the
> migration season. And a copper-tailed (or Elegant)
> trogon or two to boot!
No I have no idea how many different species we have. Until I started trying to get a few hummer shots I just figured a hummingbird was a hummingbird.
I am meeting two other photographers in Portal Arizona from Sept. 7th thru 12 for a photo shoot. They tell me there is a large variety of different birds and animals there.
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> He's a he (the females are much drabber than the
> males)...
>
> Roger, as you are discovering, the trick to
> getting good shots of hummingbirds using a flash
> is to set the flash for the minimum power (this
> gives the shortest duration flash). Oh, yes, move
> the card a little further back so the shadows
> don't fall on it
. But these are excellent> initial tries. Do you know how many varieties of
> hummers you get up there? Down here at Ramsey
> Canyon, which is not too far from where I am
> (Tucson), you can see 17 varieties during the
> migration season. And a copper-tailed (or Elegant)
> trogon or two to boot!
No I have no idea how many different species we have. Until I started trying to get a few hummer shots I just figured a hummingbird was a hummingbird.
I am meeting two other photographers in Portal Arizona from Sept. 7th thru 12 for a photo shoot. They tell me there is a large variety of different birds and animals there.
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