A hummer from 35 feet away

HavToNo · Aug 11, 2017

I was sitting on the deck and I could see a hummer flying around the butterfly bush at the back of the yard so I took a few shots figuring I'd be throwing them away. To my surprise they turned out not too bad.

1B4A6758.jpg by Tim, on Flickr

1B4A6761.jpg by Tim, on Flickr

Havana · Aug 11, 2017

Two real nice images, #2 is my fav.

HavToNo · Aug 11, 2017

Havana said:
Two real nice images, #2 is my fav.

Thank you.

ZombiesniperJr · Aug 11, 2017

Nice set my fav is number two

HavToNo · Aug 11, 2017

ZombiesniperJr said:
Nice set my fav is number two

Thank you Logan.

baturn · Aug 11, 2017

Nice. Yup, #2.

Dean_Gretsch · Aug 11, 2017

Welp, I am going to be different and pick #1! These really are nice.

HavToNo · Aug 11, 2017

baturn said:
Nice. Yup, #2.

Thanks Brian.

Dean_Gretsch said:
Welp, I am going to be different and pick #1! These really are nice.

Thanks Dean. #1 is the one that stood out to me too.

BrentC · Aug 11, 2017

I'll say number one for me as well.

Derrel · Aug 11, 2017

Good shootin', Tim! Far better than the title had made me expect!

HavToNo · Aug 11, 2017

BrentC said:
I'll say number one for me as well.

Thank you Brent.

Derrel said:
Good shootin', Tim! Far better than the title had made me expect!

Thank you Derrel. The Canon 100-400 new version is an amzing piece of glass.

Derrel · Aug 11, 2017

Yeah...there's been a LOT of improvement in long-tele zooms....Canon's new 100-400, Nikon's new AF-S 80-400, Nikon's new 200-500 (I got to try that one out two weekends ago), plus long Sigma and Tamron zooms ranging up to 500mm and 600mm at the long end...this is a VERY nice range to have access to for narrow-angle work!

For many years, I used the old Nikon 80-400 VR, but it got outdated and was no longer good enough for 24-megapixel images...everything looked soft...I guess that's why noth Canon and Nikon have updated their bread and butter long-tele zooms recently.

You did pretty good for being 35 feet away!

HavToNo · Aug 12, 2017

Thanks Derrel. I got the original Tamron 150-600 when it came out and found that I had to stop down to F8 to get sharp images and 600 was always soft. When the new 100-400 Canon came out I got it and sold the Tamron and I can shoot it wide open and get very sharp images. I read that the new Tamron 150-600 has been improved as well as the Sigma. It's hard to keep up with technology.