[Photo-SIG] More hummers!

[Dave Lundy]

lpma wrote:
> Hello Dave !
> 
> Thanks for access to your hummingbird gallery.  You may wish to set up a 
> light-colored background (white or light-green) behind your hummingbird 
> feeder.  The birds would then be more distinctly visible.
> 
> It would be interesting to know how many times a second do these birds 
> flap their wings.  Amasing creatures.  Good luck in capturing their 
> activity.
> 
>                                             Leo Parts


You mean more like the first one in the gallery? 
<www.dma.org/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=2006&id=IMG_7802>  The 
difference between that one and many of the others is that the feeder 
was farther away from the lawn in it, so the grass was more blurred.  To 
do that I hung the feeder several feet off the ground and used a tripod 
at close to its full extension.  But I found that I tired after standing 
over the tripod for more than half an hour or so, so I got lazy and 
lowered the tripod so I could sit while taking photos.  But I had to 
lower the feeder closer to the ground, therefore making the background 
less blurred.  I'll see what I can to to keep the feeder higher but 
still not tire me so easily.  Anyone have a nice 20 year old body I can 
use? ;-)
-- 
Dave Lundy   <http://www.dma.org/~lundyd/>