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Photo of the Day March 2015
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A great story behind another great photo. I'm sure that many of us (myself included) would have been more than happy with one or more of the images you chose not to process. Your dedication and persistence produced an amazing image!
A return to hummingbirds for me today...trying to dial in my lighting setup to freeze these little creatures in flight has been its own exercise in frustration at times.
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird by MCH-1138, on Flickr
D7000 Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) 1/250 @ f/16 3 Speedlights
3 speedlights!? Wow. The poor fella must be blind by the time he leaves your yard.
Very well captured though.
Ha ha... My mistake...
Beautiful shots of them. Nice light and and the sunny day really makes the colours pop.
3 speedlights!? Wow. The poor fella must be blind by the time he leaves your yard.
Very well captured though.
Thanks, Puckman.
In this set-up, the bird is actually only being illuminated by two of the lights (the third is firing onto the background). And the lights are all firing at relatively low power (1/16), which is part of the trick in trying to freeze the motion, so not exactly nuking them. That said, I have found that most of the hummingbirds are remarkably tolerant of the flashes.
Ilfracombe, last night...
Doylem! This has got to be one of my favourites of yours. The interlocking composition, colour/light balance and intricate details like the light bursts create an engaging viewing experience.
I find I can sit and explore this one, those sharp pointy rocks giving a tease of what could lie around (googling this location was not a disappointment
) Nice one mate.Im sure that each of us has at least one shot that was an exercise in frustration for a long while; this was one of those for me. I recounted the story (as usual) in the caption to the photo here: LINK.
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Surreal, the perspective aesthetic of the foreground rocks creates so much impact. Great job P
Seems like it was worth getting those flat tyres for
Thanks guys. I've been trying to shoot various hummingbirds in my yard for about a year now (on and off, obviously) and this is probably the first time where all the planets aligned, so to speak. I got a series of pretty decent shots from this quick visit to a local park.
I'm usually more of a stills/landscape/city photographer, so trying to learn how to track rapidly moving birds (and really, they are very fast) was all new to me. This was all natural light. One of these days, I may try the speedlight approach, but that seems like too much work, haha.
I'm usually more of a stills/landscape/city photographer, so trying to learn how to track rapidly moving birds (and really, they are very fast) was all new to me. This was all natural light. One of these days, I may try the speedlight approach, but that seems like too much work, haha.
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird by MCH-1138, on Flickr
D7000 Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) 1/250 @ f/16 3 Speedlights
Doylem! This has got to be one of my favourites of yours. The interlocking composition, colour/light balance and intricate details like the light bursts create an engaging viewing experience.
I find I can sit and explore this one, those sharp pointy rocks giving a tease of what could lie around (googling this location was not a disappointment
Thanks for that...
