4th July Hummingbirds

[kundalini]

A couple of tips I picked up about Hummers was that they are very predictable in their behavior around the feeder. Generally, they will hover, go in for a sip, back off and then do a double dip (aka George Castanza) [video=youtube;YWuSi00CcNk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWuSi00CcNk"]aka Geroge Castanza[/url] . What I did was to pre-focus and move the lens to where they backed off. Snap[/video].

Another tip is on the day you go out to shoot them, place some clear tape over all the ports except the one where you're pre-focusing. They get confused for just a little while, but figure out where the juice is. [URL="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa199/kundalini2737/Hummer-3.jpg"]Snap.

Great shots BTW. Wow, to have a 300mm f/2....... ATM I have to settle for an f/4.

 

[z06-jim]

nice images but just one suggestion. If you want hummingbirds with no feeder in the picture why not try planting some flowers that they will come to instead of the feeder.

Thanks....:cheers:....yep, got that on my list of things to do....:thumbsup: