Beautiful! I had to take my Hummer feeder down. Two very territorial rascals decided our backyard was their "turf" and ran off every other bird that came into the backyard airspace.
I have another feeder for the finches, chickadees, sparrows, black phoebes, etc., and they couldn't get to their feeder. The hummers still come around once in a while to bathe in the fountain though.
Pam: I’m still learning to use my new camera, so this one was fun. After a little trial and error I set the exposure at 1/4000th of a second to freeze the wings (with the aperture at f/4.0 and the ISO at 200 to let in enough light.) Then with the camera on a tripod (nice and close to the feeder) I sat on the ground on the other side with a remote control and waited for the birds to come. I took 128 photos to get this one good one. Thank goodness for digital cameras. That would have been a lot of wasted film.
Itsmecissy: I guess I'm lucky. Most of our hummers make a beeline back and forth from their favorite cedar tree to the feeder, and leave the rest of the yard alone for the sparrows to enjoy.
Being a good photographer takes loads of patience. Sounds like you have both patience and a great new camera. What fun!
Itsme: Unfortunately, I can't put up a bird feeder. Bear eats the birds. He ate the bluebird of happiness the other day. I could be in a heap o' trouble.
This is a great shot! How'd you get these hummingbirds...they're so quick?!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I had to take my Hummer feeder down. Two very territorial rascals decided our backyard was their "turf" and ran off every other bird that came into the backyard airspace.
ReplyDeleteI have another feeder for the finches, chickadees, sparrows, black phoebes, etc., and they couldn't get to their feeder. The hummers still come around once in a while to bathe in the fountain though.
Pam: I’m still learning to use my new camera, so this one was fun. After a little trial and error I set the exposure at 1/4000th of a second to freeze the wings (with the aperture at f/4.0 and the ISO at 200 to let in enough light.) Then with the camera on a tripod (nice and close to the feeder) I sat on the ground on the other side with a remote control and waited for the birds to come. I took 128 photos to get this one good one. Thank goodness for digital cameras. That would have been a lot of wasted film.
ReplyDeleteItsmecissy: I guess I'm lucky. Most of our hummers make a beeline back and forth from their favorite cedar tree to the feeder, and leave the rest of the yard alone for the sparrows to enjoy.
Being a good photographer takes loads of patience. Sounds like you have both patience and a great new camera. What fun!
ReplyDeleteItsme: Unfortunately, I can't put up a bird feeder. Bear eats the birds. He ate the bluebird of happiness the other day. I could be in a heap o' trouble.