Humming Bird

If only these little guys would stand still...

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That is AWESOME!!

fantastico! Probably belongs more in the bird forums though! What shutter speed?

Dave

Excellent capture- lovely colours and detail.
Brian V.

Thanks for the great comments. I shot this with my 100mm 2.8 macro lens set at 1/125second, F/4 and I used my 580EX flash.

Nice work!

Nice image

Yellow98cobra wrote in post #2989244
Thanks for the great comments. I shot this with my 100mm 2.8 macro lens set at 1/125second, F/4 and I used my 580EX flash.

It let you get that close, wow!!! I wish I had hummingbirds in our area

Dave

Great capture

I'm with Dave. I wish we had humming birds as well, Brilliant colors and great capture

Great capture !
Always love seeing hummingbirds...

Dave: you need Opanda EXIF reader.

At least it looks like he might have used a macro lens!

Make = Canon
Model = Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Orientation = top/left
X Resolution = 350
Y Resolution = 350
Resolution Unit = inch
Date Time = 2007-04-04 15:01:10
YCbCr Positioning = centered
Exif IFD Pointer = Offset: 196

[Camera]
Exposure Time = 1/125"
F Number = F4
ISO Speed Ratings = 100
Exif Version = Version 2.2
Date Time Original = 2007-04-04 15:01:10
Date Time Digitized = 2007-04-04 15:01:10
Components Configuration = YCbcr
Shutter Speed Value = 6.97 TV
Aperture Value = 4 AV
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Flash = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length = 100mm

I love the colors.

I've been getting some decent uplanned shots of hummingbirds recently and it's satisfying when they come out well.

Holy crap!!!!! Now that's what I'm talking about! WONDERFUL picture.

How close were you?