Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 00:11:36 -0700 > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hummer > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > After seeing the wonderful series of hummingbird and bumblebee > pictures that have been posted recently, I was reluctant to post any > of my poor attempts. Both feeders at my house are attached to the > outside of windows by suction cups and I was shooting through the > window; hence not great light. But this one shot appealed to me. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Hummer.jpg.html > > Hummers are so fearless that I might be able to get a nice shot with > patience from outdoors. These California hummies are also not the > most colorful. > > Herb Hi Herb, The bird is sharp and you caught the wings without blur which is very hard to do. Well done! I use a white card board reflector to get some light on the underside of my fuchsia basket - you might experiment with that. Cheers Howard