[Leica] Hummingbirds

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Your patience has rewarded us with some beautiful images.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 3:08 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> +1
>
> Thanks for capturing so well, and sharing, the vivid colours and swift
> motion.
>
> Amities
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> > Le 16 d?c. 2018 ? 04:32, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a
> ?crit :
> >
> > Just?WOW!!
> >
> > BTW?really enjoyed the pelicans also
> >
> > ric
> >
> >
> >> On Dec 15, 2018, at 10:21 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
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