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I don't know if this is my best shot, but here is one I like very much, the color of the bird is subtle, yet fantastic. Does anyone know what species this bird is? I am guessing it's a female Anna's. It was taken with natural light around 2:30 pm with a Nikon D70 and a Sigma 50-500 zoom at the long end about 15 feet away, Aperture Priority at F/13. You can view the detailed EXIF with the picture.
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guywong: Yes, that's a female Anna's. I shot a very similar looking one recently:
Canon Rebel XT, EF70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM @110mm ISO200 f/5.6 1/320
+ 2 martinis and half a cigar while I waited for the subject to arrive! :D
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This is my best photo to date simply because of the background. I was sitting below the feeder and was able to frame her with just cloudy sky behind. I don't have much of a camera.
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Nothing terribly technical about this photo but I enjoyed seeing the outlines of the hummingbird in the flight and the way the other bird seems to be staring up at the flying one. Also, I was happy to capture two hummingbird together.
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I think this one. It is between this one and my Angry Hummer
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It's hard for me to choose a "best". This shot breaks quite a few "rules", but I might like it best of my shots this year. See the rest at www.gregscott.com. I've posted about 36 of my best that I took this year. Several are digitally edited, though, to add a flower and/or background. My all time favorite was taken in 2003 in arizona, a broadbill with yellow pollen on it's head.
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Got lucky.........
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I like this one... I was about 6 feet with an extention tube on my 80-400 at full 400. Mom didn't mind at all. I was hanging out for about an hour. The baby had to eat sometime.
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Caught this guy calling for a mate at sunset in Arizona. I followed him around a field for about 20 minutes.
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Whoa. See any similarities? Mid afternoon in Alviso, CA
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I was actually going to take a shot of the flowers, but he flew into the shot.
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Hand held, manual focus just like almost anything I do, was just walking around and it was a hit or miss shot that just happened to work out.
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WOW everyone has great photos! This was with a "point and shoot" type camera. I just got lucky
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My best - of this year, but it is only May! I keep trying to top myself.
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Sometimes they just sit there and let you get close
not often but this one did - Manjack Cay Bahamas
Cuban Emerald
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Taken handheld around 7:30PM with my 75-300 kit lens. I kicked up the ISO..hence the noise. I am going to try again this evening with a lower ISO.
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We finally see the babies (see my nest photo above)
Best viewed in large sizes
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1/1000th shutter speed, iso 1600, f4.5 @ 150mm, noise reduction with Neat Image. I had to sit on a bucket 5 feet away from the feeder for 30 min to get this shot.
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This little guy followed me around the mission. It was great!!
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Photo was taken through my window
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Wow! I'm so impressed by all your photos! I have a lot of work to do to catch up to all of you! :)
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Greg Scott and Camden Hackworth, your shots are incredible! Some real good motivation from you two and the others here, for me to get an even better one than this (my best):
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The 2 babies in the nest we've been watching grow up.
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I cropped this a little to remove some of the feeder, I was about 6 feet away. Here is my Male Ruby-throated.
Camera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.8
Focal Length: 155 mm
ISO Speed: 320
No flash
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Hello, I took this shot a couple weeks ago. I shot with a Canon 300D, the 400L and a monopod (No flash). This post is resized and cropped.
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they love our garden
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Some amazing pictures here. My humble offering is a testament to what you can get away with, with a good lens, even if you're lazy and have bad technique:
This was handheld at the long end of the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens, 1/100 second exposure, +1/3 exposure in aperture priority mode (wide open), taken with the Digital Rebel XTi (400D). The resulting shot is straight out of the camera, unmanipulated (not even cropped).
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I have been asked several times about the backgrounds for my Hummingbird photos. In particular how I achieved the black background. It is not achieved using post processing; it is all done using camera settings and available light sources. The difference between the light and the dark background was achieved by my changing my camera angle to take advantage of the available light. As you can see from this shot, if I shot from a slightly higher angle the light green background would have been achieved using the sunlit grass as a background and if shot from a slightly lower angle a darker background would have been achieved using the shaded evergreen trees as the background.
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Here's one of a hummer warming the nest....
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I've taken other shots that are prettier, but I think this one is unusual.
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I loved this one the best :)
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I just put mine in the pool. I dont know how to add them to post.
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This is my favoutite shot - taken this april at the botanical gardens in Phoenix, AZ.
Used a 10D with a 300mm lens & doubler
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I think I just got lucky...
in the right place at the right time
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I like this one
Saludos
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this little guy was perched in a bush
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My best thus far. The birds are just getting accustomed to the flash, which I only started using today. This one little lady flits over to the flash and pecks at it, so it'll take some getting used to!
The dark background is due to flash overriding the background (it was shot during mid-morning. The feeder was actually in bright sunlight (sun is to the right of the photo).
I used a diffuser on the autoflash (which was to the left of the camera position and halfway between camera and bird), so the duration is a bit long. This was with a 70-220mm zoom lens at 220 in macro mode, F22 and 1/180th second, ISO 200. Camera to bird is 4 feet; flash to bird is 2.5 feet.
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I used my new Canon 40D, with my 70-300 IS Lens, f10, ISO 100. This has been cropped to show the details of the feathers. I live in So. California and we have hummingbirds year round, and they are one of my favorite things to photograph. I was so excited to find this group :)
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The hidden Hummer!
I'm not too crazy about B&W shots, but in a wild sence, this photo is one and I love it!
This shot was taken using the program mode on my camera which turned out to be f:4 at 1/200 sec. A mild fill-in flash was used to cover the harsh shadows, bring out parts of the feeder itself, and used in an attempt to freeze some of the action.
As the story goes: Several times a year my wife and I visit a friend's house in Tennessee. While playing around with my camera, I attempted to capture a good shadow of our faviorite friends. Nothing was turning out well because of the sun's position and being "hummers" are not profesional models.
Over several months of shooting attempts, I finally captured a good picture. Unfortuneatly after taking it, I realised it could be improved upon. There is far too much DoF which gives it alot of distractions. (Problems of a small P&S camera.)
The position was looking out their dining room window and about five feet from the feeder. Because of the window framing, I could not reposition for a better angle.
Hope you like it as much as I do!
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George E. Norkus edited this topic 56 months ago.
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Photo was taken in Edmonds, Washington on July 4, 2006
Canon 1D Mark II N camera; Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + Tamron 2x TC @ F/14, 1/400 second, ISO 800
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It's not a perfect one but here is my best hummingbird shot
This photo was taken at Bellavista Lodge, Ecuador in October 2007
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This is my favorite shot. He landed next to me within 3 feet and allowed me to take many photos. Unfortunately he was in shade, but I still managed to get a lot of color.
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Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin), male
Lake Merced, San Francisco, California, USA, 18 March 2007 - gray, semi-foggy conditions
Canon 20D, Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 APO EX DG HSM, Sigma 1.4X APO EX DG teleconverter, handheld
Focal length: 420mm
Exposure mode: Av
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 400
Aperture: 4.5
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Flash: Off
Glen
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Desert Museum, Tucson Az
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This was the result of a patient 4-5 hours. 400mm with an ISO of 400 (hummingbird shots need to be fairly fast so I try to use an ISO between 250 and 500 depending on the light), F stop of 7.1 and a shutter at 1/500. A good rule of thumb to remember is try not to have the shutter speed slower than the focal length of the lens to keep the image sharp.
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I was delighted to get this shot.
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I'm currently watching a hummingbird nest, and I think my favorite photo will likely change as they grow older, but right now this is my favorite of them:
For all hummingbirds, this was the first one I ever took and I'm still delighted with it:
I used the same camera for both of these, a Sony DSC-N2... automatic settings, nothing fancy. Hummingbirds are one of the main reasons I want to upgrade to the really fancy camera, though!
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Camera was a Nikon D40 with 55-200 VR lens and ISO 200. Taken summer 2007 through window. Rare moment when they sat still.
I'm very impressed with everyone's photos --- something to strive towards! thanks for sharing.
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This little guy finally hung around and let me snap his picture, he stuck his tongue out at me when I told him to say "cheese" :)
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Although the colors are not perfect I absolutely love all the movement going on in the picture...
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took this over a year ago, using my Canon S3, mounted on a tripod, through my front living room window:
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i would have a hard time choosing the one i prefer... here is on from this morning ;-)
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Single frame, natural lighting.....
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It was hard to choose, but this is one of my favorites!
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I do not have many hummingbird shots to choose from, since actually this one here is the first, one and only hummingbird I have photographed so far... Out of my series I like this one best.
I had climbed a 6725 feet high hill, the Moro rock in Sequoia NP. Besides the rock, there were just a few flowers around and I was not expecting any bird at all. However, looking back it is not surprising: If I am not mistaken the flower depicted here is the "Pride of the mountains"(Penstemon newberryi) and is pollinated by hummingbirds.
Not much to say about the technical details. I was too surprised and excited to think much about settings. I set my camera to serial shots in automatic mode and fired away about a hundred shots. In one third of them no bird was visible, in another third it was in unfavorable positions or blurred and I had a hard time sorting out the rest.
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Shot taken in my back yard using a Canon 40D and EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM lens. Used AI Servo AF to maintain focus, aperture priority, and spot metering. The hummingbird was about 9 feet away and this is about a 50% crop of the original.
Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 400
No flash
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One of my favs 
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This is the best of the ones I have. I sat in the chair for one shot and he hide while drinking. I stood up and was about 2 feet from the feeder and waited. He came back and I just started clicking. I have a CoolPixP80 and used the Scene mode with close up. I used continuous shot on earlier ones and those don't turn out as well as this mode.These birds fascinate me the most.
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I have never photographed hummingbirds before. Okay, I've never photographed much before. I finally bought a "decent" camera (I used to buy a lot of disposables) because I have always longed to take good pictures, but never managed to capture what my mind and eyes saw with whatever crappy camera I was using.
I bought a Sony CyberShot. It has the option to manually adjust shutter and aperture which I hope to someday understand better and adjust myself, but I haven't yet learned which is best for which situation, so I have been using automatic settings.
I never saw much action at my hummingbird feeder and was ready to give up filling it when my little duo finally started coming around. I didn't know anything about them or their migratory patterns and my first pictures came about completely by accident. But now I am hooked and look forward to taking more and better pictures. Glad I found the group, and I hope to learn a lot from those of you who post here!!
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Here's mine:
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I used my Canon S5IS on the 'sports' setting to get the stop action on the wings and the open mouth. I would crop this, but it would lose the environment in which the bird was flying.
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Well some of you guys may live around this beautiful birds and have some great shots. The only chances I get are on vacation. However, after several years of snapping away I like this one from Tobago.
Bird feeding time at a local hotel, which the mosquitoes were well aware of and bit all comers!
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I took my feeder off the wall, placed it on a small table, and parked my butt a few feet from it. This male Costa was taken with a 70-200 (at 200), ISO 800, 1/1250 sec., f/8
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lots of great stuff here.
70-200 f4 - 1/4000 sec f/4.5 ISO 1600
and you have to be patient to shoot these guys!
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Shot this sitting in a chair camera up close maybe a foot away.
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Here is one of my favorite shot, I used Canon EOS 40 D.
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I don't know if this is my fav or or best or not. I guess it changes with my mood. I spend a lot of time just sitting out in the yard watching the hummers. I get such a kick out of them. I don't ever use a flash on birds or animals. Besides the hummer's pose, I really like the bokeh in this one too.
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I took a series of this hummer. I just sat there and clicked away. I loved the color of the background. This is my favorite hummingbird series. I had just started taking pictures of hummingbirds, so I was very excited to get this.
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I ended up sitting down for an hour in the middle of nowhere approx. 3-5' from a common branch where 3 different hummingbirds were landing off and on.
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
No Flash
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
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3 SB 600"s
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200mm Nikon Micro lens
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3 SB 600
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200mm Nikon micro lens
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This little guy got as far as the feeder on my back deck and needed an extended rest - that lasted until the big boys chased him away
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Deb Wilson1 edited this topic 24 months ago.
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Taken at the Hummingbird Habitat in AZ. I used my Sony A700.
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Here is mine.
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51066765@N03/4701802124/]
canon sx10is
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dlts4u edited this topic 23 months ago.
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I think this is my best, from about 12 feet away with a 75-300mm zoom, through the kitchen window. hope to get better soon
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It's amazing to see all the kinds of hummers and beautiful shots. Here is my fave, just a basic lens with a canon t1i (I'm still learning)..thankfully my mother has about 16-20 hummingbirds that feed and they are not scared of people. I usually stand there still about 3 feet from the feeder and let them get use to me. Once they get use to me they don't care. My camera is always aimed at the feeder. This little one sit here staring at me for a couple of minutes.
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Taken in the mission district in San Francisco with a point and shoot Panasonic. I have a feeder right outside my computer room window and I just waited until he settled in and took a break from feeding. I was close so the photo withstood the extreme cropping.
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I guess I'l jump in :)
Just got this Male Rufous last week. He only stayed a day, so I spent several hours waiting for him and getting random shots.
Nikon D5000 w/Nikkor 70-300mm VR
ISO-1,250 (not a misprint 1,250) f/16, 1/200 sec, spot meter, 250 flash
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