[Leica] Hummingbirds

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Howard,
Thanks for the thumbs up!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 7:32 AM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Jayanand,
>
> These are magnificent both in content and execution.
>
> Howard (who knows a bit about catching hummers on the fly)
>
>
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 08:51:25 +0530
> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com <mailto:jayanand at gmail.com>>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>>,
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> Subject: [Leica] Hummingbirds
>
>
> 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/ <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/hummers/>
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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