[Leica] Hummingbirds

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

That was a very productive outing, Jayanand, with some great shots. I've 
never seen one of those, but have seen the hummingbird moth.

Douglas


On 16/12/2018 03:21, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG 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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