wackii
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Hi All,
Please C&C. I need help on how to improve this as I plan to come back there and take more pictures of these hummingbirds. There are quite a few colorful hummingbirds on that garden. I need some tips on how to take pictures of them on flight, etc... I can slowly approach these birds as close as 7-8 feet or so. But with my Tamron 70-300 F4-5.6 on the Nikon D5100, I am not able to take clean sharp shoots of them. I guess due to my handshake. Please see picture below. The birds are slightly bigger than my thumb (quite small). The setting is at ISO 400 (I saw noise on ISO 800), F7.1, Shutter speed is 1/60, focal length is at 300mm. If I open up the f-stop, i'm afraid not getting sharp picture all around (not that it is now - see picture). I did some cropping on this picture. I'm trying to balance this out and get a better shutter speed then 1/60 but that's the best I can do. I do have a flash, will that help? This particular hummingbird is in the shaped area plus today is overcast.
Any advice/suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Al,
Please C&C. I need help on how to improve this as I plan to come back there and take more pictures of these hummingbirds. There are quite a few colorful hummingbirds on that garden. I need some tips on how to take pictures of them on flight, etc... I can slowly approach these birds as close as 7-8 feet or so. But with my Tamron 70-300 F4-5.6 on the Nikon D5100, I am not able to take clean sharp shoots of them. I guess due to my handshake. Please see picture below. The birds are slightly bigger than my thumb (quite small). The setting is at ISO 400 (I saw noise on ISO 800), F7.1, Shutter speed is 1/60, focal length is at 300mm. If I open up the f-stop, i'm afraid not getting sharp picture all around (not that it is now - see picture). I did some cropping on this picture. I'm trying to balance this out and get a better shutter speed then 1/60 but that's the best I can do. I do have a flash, will that help? This particular hummingbird is in the shaped area plus today is overcast.
Any advice/suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Al,
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