Hummmmmmming birds

[JSolie]

These pictures were also from my trip to the Living Desert Zoo & Botanical Garden in Palm Springs, CA.

There were lots of hummingbirds flitting about, seeking nectar, and fighting for territory (they are fierce little birds...) Anyway, these are some of the first pictures I've ever tried taking of them, and I'm curious as to what everyone thinks of them...

Wings up..
http://members.ispwest.com/jsolie/pics2share/hummingbird-1.jpg


Wings down...
http://members.ispwest.com/jsolie/pics2share/hummingbird-2.jpg

Yellow flowers are good, too
http://members.ispwest.com/jsolie/pics2share/hummingbird-3.jpg

All shot with my 20D + 70-200 f2.8L

-- John

[D Boone]

Very cool... I can't wait to try out my hummingbird technique!

[dng]

wow wicked pics, I really like em. I was wondering what kind of shutter speed do you need for that?

[JSolie]

1/400, 1/400, 1/500, repsectively. I think I had the camera in P-mode at the time. They were shot several hours apart at different locations in the park. The one with the yellow flower was shot later in the day, just before 4:30pm. I had the ISO set to 200 because it was getting into the afternoon.

Thanks for the comments!

-- John

[CyberDyneSystems]

Very impressive images! Wow.. I love the first.

[Dante King]

wonderful series. Thanks for sharing.