Old hummies - New Camera

[wackii]

I've just received my new toy, Nikon D7100, so I went to the closed-by park to shoot some hummingbirds. It's a great camera so far. I like the 1.3x crop mode. It's really helpful with little birds like hummingbirds. Focus is quite fast compared with my old D5100. Here are a few pictures. The weather was not good for birds shooting that day. It was gloomy and windy. All my shots resulted in a shutter speed between 1/50 to 1/100 on a 500mm focal range. I held it as stable as I can (forgot my monopod at home). I resized all these pics to be able to load them here (file size is too big). I like the background on #4; however, that branch sticking out is an eye sore and I don't have photoshop to clone it out. C&Cs are welcome!

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Al,

 

[Tony S]

Nicely done and detailed, especially at those shutter speeds and focal lengths hand held.

 

[matthewo]

Very nice, what lens if you don't mind me asking

 

[coastalconn]

Very nice especially at slow s/s..

 

[wackii]

Nicely done and detailed, especially at those shutter speeds and focal lengths hand held.

Thanks.

 

[wackii]

Very nice, what lens if you don't mind me asking

Thanks. I'm using the Sigma 50-500mm OS version.

 

[wackii]

Very nice especially at slow s/s..

Thanks. I really like your Osprey shots and I am searching for places to go using the link you provided. Thanks, again.

 

[matthewo]

I really like #4 so much I figured I would try to take the stick out, not prefect but oh well


this photo deffently shows you have a sharp copy of the sigma, the others are kinda soft, but probably cause of your shutter speeds. I cannot get away with 1/50 or 1/100 very often with my Nikon vr 500mm, I usually try to stay above 1/200th at least with my 1.4x converter for more consitant sharp results.

but this photo really has the high dollar glass look to it... good job.

 

[wackii]

Matthewo,

Thank you for removing that little branch. I like this much better... so easy on the eyes now. Yeah, it's hard to get sharp pictures with that low shutter speed. I took more than 200 pictures and only about 15 are keepers, not sharp sharp but good enough. This weekend I will head out for another test shots on this new d7100. Hopefully the weather isn't bad... Forecasts show sunny with 12mph wind...

Your bird shots are tack sharp. I envy your skills and your lens... I still have a long way to learn on how to capture sharp in-flight pictures.

 

[JacaRanda]

Wonderful shots Wackii. You guys are all making me consider getting that 500 reach.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice shots. Don't often see shots of hummers sitting around. I like 1,3 and 5 the best.

WesternGuy

 

[wackii]

Wonderful shots Wackii. You guys are all making me consider getting that 500 reach.

Thanks. My 50-500mm lens is a poor man telephoto lens compare with these guys here w/ 500mm or 600mm prime lens. It does the job for me.

 

[wackii]

Nice shots. Don't often see shots of hummers sitting around. I like 1,3 and 5 the best.

WesternGuy

Thanks. I had a 2 hours chat w/ 4 different hummers and they promised me that they will sit around for a few seconds here and there for some photo shots.

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set.