Hummingbirds

CherylL · Aug 8, 2023

A few from the backyard. It was an overcast day and had to bump up the ISO

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Hummingbird by Cheryl, on Flickr

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jeffashman · Aug 8, 2023

Wonderful shots!

Jeff15 · Aug 8, 2023

Very nice shots....

CherylL · Aug 9, 2023

jeffashman said:
Wonderful shots!

Thanks!

Jeff15 said:
Very nice shots....

Thanks!

MitchP · Aug 9, 2023

Nice captures!

wobe · Aug 9, 2023

Beautiful shots!

SquarePeg · Aug 10, 2023

Nice! Looks young - still a bit of fuzzy feathers? We’re these with the tc?

CherylL · Aug 10, 2023

MitchP said:
Nice captures!

Thanks Mitch!

wobe said:
Beautiful shots!

Thanks Wobe!

SquarePeg said:
Nice! Looks young - still a bit of fuzzy feathers? We’re these with the tc?

Thanks Sharon! Yes with the 1.4 tc on the 50-140. I may try again on a sunny day to up the shutterspeed and lower the ISO

SquarePeg · Aug 10, 2023

CherylL said:
Thanks Sharon! Yes with the 1.4 tc on the 50-140. I may try again on a sunny day to up the shutterspeed and lower the ISO

I’ve found that I need at least 1/4000 to freeze their wings which is tough at f6.4 when fully zoomed in on the 70-300. Unless it’s completely bright and sunny I end up with a high ISO. But if you nail the focus the high ISO can be denoised in Topaz and be very usable. Even with the XT5 subject detection set to bird and using the recommended tracking settings it’s still tough to truly nail focus on these guys when they’re in flight. They’re so erratic.

CherylL · Aug 10, 2023

SquarePeg said:
I’ve found that I need at least 1/4000 to freeze their wings which is tough at f6.4 when fully zoomed in on the 70-300. Unless it’s completely bright and sunny I end up with a high ISO. But if you nail the focus the high ISO can be denoised in Topaz and be very usable. Even with the XT5 subject detection set to bird and using the recommended tracking settings it’s still tough to truly nail focus on these guys when they’re in flight. They’re so erratic.

Good to know on the 1/4000. I was thinking 1/3000 so will try out the higher rate. I ran the photos thru Nik's Define 2. It does a decent job on the noise. The 50-140 is 2.8 and with the tc it is 4.5.