[Leica] The Hummers are back!

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&E Cummer)]

Hello Luggers,
We were so late this year getting the cabin open (water line problems) that 
I thought I might have missed establishing our fuchsias on the hummingbirds' 
feeding patterns.
Thankfully I was wrong and they have started to show up - very early morning 
(5:30 am) and late evening (7 - 7:30 pm). This makes for challenging light 
conditions
for a 300mm Nikkor f4.0 with a 2 X extender on the D800E. Still we are 
having some success and hope for more and better over the summer.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/PenderBirds/1LegJuncoW.jpg.html>

http://tinyurl.com/lu2n8ok

I caught this Junco standing on one leg while waiting for the hummingbirds.

and here is a female approaching the far fuchsias.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/PenderBirds/HumLftWngForW.jpg.html>

http://tinyurl.com/l2b7u5k

A close up cropped from about a quarter of the frame:

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/PenderBirds/HummerUpw.jpg.html>

http://tinyurl.com/lk57d5p

and a close up of feeding:

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/PenderBirds/HumwgForW.jpg.html>

http://tinyurl.com/ljwfof2

There is more noise at ISO 6400 with the D800E compared to the D700 but the
ability to crop from so many pixels is very helpful. Noise reducing 
suggestions in CS6 would be welcomed.

C&C always welcome. Please look large too.

Howard