Digiscoped Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds

These first four shots are with the digiscope and a 36mm Kenko tube. The last 3 are with the Bigma.

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oo hummingbirds... they are soo pretty. i like the first and third ones best. wish we had them in Hawaii..

Thanks Howzit. I think this species is the only one we have in this area. They are hard to shoot on a rainy ass day, which we get a lot of here. Wait til the light shines.

Lovely shots Mitch, I'm rather fond of the 1st one.

Nice hummers, I like the third one.

What is "Digiscoped"???

Thanks Adi, Adam and Mickey.

Mickey, check out this thread. There's several pages to it, but there is some good info and links with pics in it.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=255792

Mitch, WOW!!! Nice shots. I really like the hummers but man are they fast.

Thanks Bill. What I really need now is some sunlight. This shooting at 1/200s is not good for IQ and it's just a little far for flash. Maybe I'll get the beamer out.

The scope is up to $529.00, but it is in stock!

Lovely shots Mitch.

It must be getting popular then, it was a hundred dollars cheaper late last year. It has it's uses, but requires a lot of work or expensive gear to get the full potential out of it.

Nice job on these ~

Thanks Deb. What I really need is a sunny day.

Hey Al I think the digi-scoped pics held up better than the Bigma ,,, nice detail especially in #1

Wayne, the scope has a much bigger objective lens. The fixed f/stop is 7.5, but somehow the scope does something nice to an image. I can't quite put my finger on it, but they are subtly different. And I use ISO 160. The Bigma shots are at ISO 320. It's just an experiment, rainy day and all that.

Hmmm, I wonder if the scope being bigger, plus having the Kenko tube on, plus the length of the adapter, [maybe 100mm longer than the telescope eyepiece would be], has something to do with the angle the light hits the sensor? That would explain a lot.