Humming Bird with Canon 100-400mm L IS

Heres a humming bird that started visiting my feeder finally. This was shot with a Canon 100-400mm L IS lens rented from www.rentcameragear.com. The lighting is poor because it was right as the sunset on a a cloudy day. Im hoping to get more on a better lit day.
If you want to try out a lens before buying, or need a lens for a vacation Kevin has great prices and their service is awesome.

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Oh, this is exactly what I needed to see: hummingbird pics shot with this lens (I'm considering it too, in part for hummers). How much of a crop are these pics and were you happy with the lens's performance (AF)?

You captured the hummers well considering the low light, I hope you get a chance to shoot more in better light soon

It was DARK out... sun was down and cloudy. I got off 81 images in under 4 minutes while she was hovering around. The settings were ISO 800, 1/320 sec. f6.3 around 300-400mm range. There isnt much crop on the images, just to make them an 8x10 file size (basically cutting off the right couple inches of the frame).
I love this lens and is on the top of my list to buy. Its a very fast focusing lens for the f-stop size and the IS is amazing on the longer focal ranges. I have the 28-135mm IS and thought it added some help but compared to the 100-400 range the IS is a must have for hand holding. I have a post on here of some wooducks using this lens also.

Paul

Thank you Paul, that is very helpful

Great capture, hummingbirds in flight are tough to get

Great captures Paul. Thanks for the compliments. Glad to hear your pleased with the service. Kevin