Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We spent a few days in Quito, a most charming town, on the way to the Galapagos. On one of the days we hired a car and driver and set off for the Mindo Cloud Forest in search of birds, especially hummingbirds. Ecuador is Hummingbird Central, as 134 of the 320 odd varieties are found in the Andean Cloud Forest there. We went to a couple of places, outfitted with plants, water, flowers and feeders to attract the birds, as is the norm in Central and South America. Even with all this, it was quite difficult to photograph the hummingbirds off the feeders, in a natural state, as they zip around at what seems to be the speed of sound. Anyway, like the parable of the monkeys at the typewriters, if one keep clicking away, some are bound to be fine. These were all taken in natural light, hand held, without the help of a high speed sync flash setup, which is normal for photographing hummingbirds. Here is a page of hummingbirds. They are identified to the best of my ability, if they need to be corrected, please let me know, and I will do so! http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/hummers/ Please see LARGE Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. Cheers Jayanand