Hummingbird lens tryout

RVT1K · May 20, 2019

A while back I bought a used Tamron 300mm f/2.8 SP AF LD mated with a Tamron 300FNs 2x SPAF tele-converter and I've finally gotten a chance to give it a proper tryout.

Yes, the pole is unsightly. I'll be getting some sort of fake ivy to wrap around it.

Original katomi · May 20, 2019

RVT1K · May 20, 2019

Original katomi said:
Nice

Thanks.

We put a feeder out a few weeks ago and crossed our fingers. We only had limited luck last year.
But this guy seems to have moved in and made this feeder his own. We've seen a female around so I hope they breed and the whole family shows up.

Original katomi · May 20, 2019

Wow that would be good. We get a lot of sm birds in our garden, but with our cats we can not put up feeders
Brill photo, looking to seeing more

RVT1K · May 21, 2019

We have the hummingbird feeder, a regular bird feeder, and we just put out a suet basket. I need to start a list because I must have seen a dozen different species.

Although his iridescent red isn't as highlighted, I like the framing of this one much better.

K9Kirk · May 21, 2019

Humming birds have always amazed me. When I was a kid I used to mistake them at a distance for some large type of dragon fly and they scared me a little because I thought dragon flies had large stingers and they moved so quickly. Quickly enough to GET ME! Ha! I know better now of course. Such cool birds, thanks for the pics!

RVT1K · May 21, 2019

K9Kirk said:
Humming birds have always amazed me. When I was a kid I used to mistake them at a distance for some large type of dragon fly and they scared me a little because I thought dragon flies had large stingers and they moved so quickly. Quickly enough to GET ME! Ha! I know better now of course. Such cool birds, thanks for the pics!

They are truly amazing creatures. There was an excellent special on either Nature or Nova dedicated to them and it was fascinating.

There is something about the challenge of photographing them that I really like. It takes some skills, decent equipment, some prep, and some luck which I define as being ready to open the door when opportunity knocks.