Hummers - 2019

klb1122 · Nov 6, 2019

Finally getting around to sharing these, but I took them back on 9/20/2019. There was about a 2 week frenzy at my house with the hummers, and I loved every second of it. Always sad to see them go. Some of my favorite pictures I captured are below, along with the link to the full gallery for anyone interested.

HUMMER GALLERY

Kid2watch · Nov 6, 2019

klb1122 said:
Finally getting around to sharing these, but I took them back on 9/20/2019. There was about a 2 week frenzy at my house with the hummers, and I loved every second of it. Always sad to see them go. Some of my favorite pictures I captured are below, along with the link to the full gallery for anyone interested.

HUMMER GALLERY

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Great pictures, they sure are an intriguing bird..

Meriden · Nov 7, 2019

Very impressive. We had a pro here to shoot a Broadbilled in the back yard several years ago and he came up with nothing that good.

klb1122 · Nov 7, 2019

Meriden said:
Very impressive. We had a pro here to shoot a Broadbilled in the back yard several years ago and he came up with nothing that good.

Really?!?!? :shock:

Well, I'll take that compliment. :-D

Kman198 · Nov 8, 2019

What were you shooting with/at

klb1122 · Nov 8, 2019

Kman198 said:
What were you shooting with/at

Nikon D810 body with a Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6. All were shot at f/5.6, 1/640th of a second and between 1250-1600 ISO.

StromXTc · Nov 10, 2019

Boy, those were some great pictures. The original Angry Birds.

klb1122 · Nov 11, 2019

StromXTc said:
Boy, those were some great pictures. The original Angry Birds.

Thank you!

pacman · Nov 11, 2019

Great pics! I would also be neat to use faster glass to try to freeze those wings. But then you'd lose the dramatic effect that you captured with the blur.

klb1122 · Nov 12, 2019

pacman said:
Great pics! I would also be neat to use faster glass to try to freeze those wings. But then you'd lose the dramatic effect that you captured with the blur.

Thanks! I was actually trying to get the blur in the wings. The challenge was to get a sharp photo on the eye, while shooting at a bit of a lower shutter speed to show the motion. My thought was to capture them like a race car or bike, with the wheels showing the motion. Lots of swings and misses, but I'm happy with a handful of them. Maybe next year I'll get some with "frozen" wings as well for some variety.