"My Costas"

I wanted to show this Costas at his favorite perch but because it's always in shade, I thought I'd play around using a flash. Even though the exif says no flash, I used my Canon 430 EXII in manual mode at 1/8th power and mounted on the Sony flash shoe.

Manual exposure and focus at 70mm for this shot.

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Neat shots Gene. Love the hiding shot.

2n10 wrote in post #17177683
Neat shots Gene. Love the hiding shot.

Thanks. Only the middle image is a decent shot but I thought the three together told an interesting story. I thought it was cute to see the Costas 'sitting' at the patio table and watching the feeder like I do.

Up until now I didn't realize how tiny they are. Hats off to all of the hummers' shooters the work I never commented on Great shots.

Cool shots. Love the 3rd one.

A nice story to accompany the shots Gene, well done.

Mag-1981 wrote in post #17177862
Up until now I didn't realize how tiny they are. Hats off to all of the hummers' shooters the work I never commented on Great shots.

Thanks. With all the great close up shots of hummingbirds here, it is hard to appreciate just how tiny they really are sometimes.

Peter2516 wrote in post #17178245
Cool shots. Love the 3rd one.

Thanks. I thought it was a little unusual to see him hiding under the table.

Red Dexs wrote in post #17178309
A nice story to accompany the shots Gene, well done.

Thanks very much.

That's a fun set Gene, especially the hiding spot!

Great set.

Thanks. Here is a test shot I took when I first bought my Sony a7r to test the dynamic range. It gives a good idea of where the table is in relation to the flower pot. The feeder is just out of frame on the left and the sliding glass door I shot out of is just out of frame on the right. The width of the patio is 9 ft.

Interesting scenario, Gene. Bit surprised they ventured into this area, enclosed as it is. But I believe they're pretty confident in their "escape capabilities".