Yo... Skyblue....Never Give Up..........

[Guyzerr]

Ian I dragged the tripod out just for you. All of these were done with the manual focus method and being the zippy little buggers that they are it's hard to get 'em as you would say spot on.

 

[skyblue]

i should imagine these would be hard to get if you pinned their tail feathers to the ground

 

[freakofnature]

:eek Those are awesome! You are my hero! :clap

 

[Guyzerr]

:eek Those are awesome! You are my hero! :clap

Hero? That's a tough one to live up to. Thanks though.

 

[cam elle toe]

Cool Guyzzz....wish we had humming birds here.

 

[Ryder]

fucking beautiful.

 

[JanieDough]

very nice! and on manual?!! damn son you got skillz.


again, what if you used a deeper depth of field - wouldn't that make your focus field broader and help you get more details especially if you are using manual?

although I guess if you close it too much, your shutter speed would be too slow to get them in details....????

 

[Tuffdisc]

At last you got the little buggers

 

[RedRyder]

Awesome!

 

[Guyzerr]

fucking beautiful.

Fucking thanks man......

 

[Guyzerr]

At last you got the little buggers

It was about time. They are just so bloody timid it makes it very difficult. Lots of fun though.

 

[Guyzerr]

Awesome!

Thanks Fifi. I'm glad you had a look considering you still have that antiquated connection.

 

[RedRyder]

Thanks Fifi. I'm glad you had a look considering you still have that antiquated connection.

I don't mind a slow connection.... Oh wait..... I was thinking about something else........ :ninja

..... but yes.... It didn't take too long to load and I did ever so enjoy it when it finally.....

What are we talking about?

 

[Guyzerr]

very nice! and on manual?!! damn son you got skillz.

Na... just lucky.

again, what if you used a deeper depth of field - wouldn't that make your focus field broader and help you get more details especially if you are using manual?

No I doubt it would help. What I really need is an awesome assortment of about 4 flash units to light the bird up. That would make it pop.

although I guess if you close it too much, your shutter speed would be too slow to get them in details....????

I shot these at f8.0, 1/1000 sec @ ISO 800 and even at that it's much too slow. It should be closer to the 1/2000 mark but with the lens I have and the amount of available sunlight I would have to push the ISO up to around 1600 and the result would be a hell of a lot of noise. I hate noise.

 

[JanieDough]

gotcha


thanks for explaining! i learn so much from you!

 

[skyblue]

the 3rd one really works for me......nice and sharp but with a little blur in the wings for that sense of movement

 

[Siphorous]

I like the shots Guy. Very nice. If only you could overcome your hatred of noise. I don't mind a degree of noise - it adds something (nice) sometimes to a picture. Obviously, if I shot something at 6400 on my camera with bad light - that would be far too much noise.

Are you the type of person who zooms into a picture to look for noise or other 'issues' ?

 

[freakofnature]

I think the first one would be perfect if the tail was a little sharper. It's still my favourite of the three, though. :thumbup

 

[Guyzerr]

I like the shots Guy. Very nice. If only you could overcome your hatred of noise.

It' more like fear of noise. I just like my stuff to look clear and noise gets in the way.

Are you the type of person who zooms into a picture to look for noise or other 'issues' ?

Um............................. I have been know to do that a time or two.

Ok so here's the deal. This is another shot that I took at the same time as the three I posted here. I didn't upload it because of the noise. In my minds eye the more noise a shot has the less clear it is. It's also more out of focus than the others. I can only focus so fast you know.

 

[Alien Allen]

very nice job there Guy