MY first time shooting a humming bird in flight

[SAS_TDS]

Was out walking around Balboa park and the humming birds were every where. got a couple lucky shots, not the best but for my first time I like them.

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[rw2]

Nice first try! I would suggest that with a fast moving subject like humming birds increase your ISO to at least 400, instead of the 100 you used. It will allow you to increase your shutter speed. Also these shots have to dark a background the bird blends into it.

[SAS_TDS]

Thanks, yeah still a noob, I was shooting flowers and this guy decided to show up so I guess the back ground I couldn't do anything about.

here is another one I found today.

[Earthangel]

I would have cropped tighter to the bird. so that we could see it better . pretty little thing all the some

[SAS_TDS]

Originally Posted by Earthangel

I would have cropped tighter to the bird. so that we could see it better . pretty little thing all the some

you mean something like this

[Earthangel]

Personally I would go in real tight and see what it looks like. But I would crop from the original.

[canonloader]

It's nice to see hummers again. Ours have been gone for months. How close were you to them?

[SAS_TDS]

okay that one looks better

[SAS_TDS]

Originally Posted by canonloader

It's nice to see hummers again. Ours have been gone for months. How close were you to them?

the one of flying I was about 10 to 15 feet

the other one that is sitting on the branch I was about 15 feet away.

[canonloader]

You were using the 200, at 200mm. So I assume these are full frames shots, the first ones? Well, then starting from the full size image, you should be able to crop real close and end up with a 800x527 image of just the hummer. Check out my slideshow here, these were about like yours before I cropped them. If they are sharp to start with, you can do it.

[SAS_TDS]

So I gave it a try, tell me how these look.

[canonloader]

That's more like it on size, or what I do anyway. Now you need to get the lighting right, and focus. It takes practice, and I have often used flash.

But man, you live in hummingbird heaven. Put out some feeders and scope out where is the best angle for them and where you can shoot from for the best lighting and go for it. You have several species, and all year round. We have one species, and it's here maybe 4 months out of the year.