lvanzijl said:Easy to shoot when they sit down but horrible to get right when they fly around.
Fabulous! I suppose you used flash for these as well?
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How to take the photos of the Fastest bird in the world
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Fabulous! I suppose you used flash for these as well?
mrsfotografie said:
No flash, just 135L + 5D3 and shoot a lot
Started with 85L but that was just hilarious
.Fun stuff I noticed when looking at the result was that with 6fps the birds still would be able to leave the frame entirely between 2 burst shots.
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Hi,
Wow!! Excellent shot!!
Have a nice day.
Wow!! Excellent shot!!
May be you are just too close... ha ha ha ;Dlvanzijl said:mrsfotografie said:
No flash, just 135L + 5D3 and shoot a lot
Started with 85L but that was just hilarious
Fun stuff I noticed when looking at the result was that with 6fps the birds still would be able to leave the frame entirely between 2 burst shots.
Have a nice day.
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CarlTN said:
Gee, Carl, I had no idea. I thought the SR-71 was a product of biological evolution, some sort of large, mutant blackbird that just happened to drink cesium and fart flames. Thanks for for the technical education.
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There was me expecting to see photos of a peregrine falcon in full dive, maybe taking down a pigeon in flight, but no. Instead there's photos of a little greenish hummingbird. How totally disappointing
Cracking shots! A pleasure to see!
Cracking shots! A pleasure to see!
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lvanzijl said:Easy to shoot when they sit down but horrible to get right when they fly around.
The blue to green saturation here is superb, great job!! I see you used the 135 f/2. Not surprised, its color is off the chart in this part of the spectrum...and of course its sharpness, contrast, and bokeh are beyond reproach! You must have been quite close to the bird...how did you do that? Were you in a sort of bird blind? Or is it just a very tame bird?
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There's an unruly mob of these at the 2 feeders outside my dad's house. About 15 minutes of hanging around to get them used to you standing there, and you can then snap away at will, pretty much all day.
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282A0109 - 2013-10-20 at 09-33-08 by Brand B, on Flickr
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282A9939 - 2013-10-19 at 10-03-00 by Brand B, on Flickr
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CarlTN said:lvanzijl said:Easy to shoot when they sit down but horrible to get right when they fly around.
The blue to green saturation here is superb, great job!! I see you used the 135 f/2. Not surprised, its color is off the chart in this part of the spectrum...and of course its sharpness, contrast, and bokeh are beyond reproach! You must have been quite close to the bird...how did you do that? Were you in a sort of bird blind? Or is it just a very tame bird?
It was in a Hummingbird 'garden' in Monteverde, Costa Rica. I believe there where about 10 feeders and 500 Humming birds. It was off season so not a lot of people. The birds where quite tame when they were eating but quite nervous when hovering. So with some pre-focus and patience and not chasing them it was doable. I was also pretty determined to get this blue type so skipped some other bird shooting opportunities. When I see the results of 90% missed focus (or totally missing bird) I would say it was 50% luck, 45% gear and 5% of knowing what the heck I was doing
.The hovering bird picture wasn't perfect because I wanted motion blur in the wings but not in the rest of the body (like the claws now are motion blurred). But when I take a look at the sharpness, the colors and the details of the left over food on its beak I am a proud man again
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lvanzijl said:CarlTN said:lvanzijl said:Easy to shoot when they sit down but horrible to get right when they fly around.
The blue to green saturation here is superb, great job!! I see you used the 135 f/2. Not surprised, its color is off the chart in this part of the spectrum...and of course its sharpness, contrast, and bokeh are beyond reproach! You must have been quite close to the bird...how did you do that? Were you in a sort of bird blind? Or is it just a very tame bird?
It was in a Hummingbird 'garden' in Monteverde, Costa Rica. I believe there where about 10 feeders and 500 Humming birds. It was off season so not a lot of people. The birds where quite tame when they were eating but quite nervous when hovering. So with some pre-focus and patience and not chasing them it was doable. I was also pretty determined to get this blue type so skipped some other bird shooting opportunities. When I see the results of 90% missed focus (or totally missing bird) I would say it was 50% luck, 45% gear and 5% of knowing what the heck I was doing
The hovering bird picture wasn't perfect because I wanted motion blur in the wings but not in the rest of the body (like the claws now are motion blurred). But when I take a look at the sharpness, the colors and the details of the left over food on its beak I am a proud man again
My photos were taken in Monteverde too, from the dining room window of our lodgings. Your shots are excellent, I always follow the rule of thumb that at least the eyes should be sharp for any animal.
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lvanzijl said:CarlTN said:lvanzijl said:Easy to shoot when they sit down but horrible to get right when they fly around.
The blue to green saturation here is superb, great job!! I see you used the 135 f/2. Not surprised, its color is off the chart in this part of the spectrum...and of course its sharpness, contrast, and bokeh are beyond reproach! You must have been quite close to the bird...how did you do that? Were you in a sort of bird blind? Or is it just a very tame bird?
It was in a Hummingbird 'garden' in Monteverde, Costa Rica. I believe there where about 10 feeders and 500 Humming birds. It was off season so not a lot of people. The birds where quite tame when they were eating but quite nervous when hovering. So with some pre-focus and patience and not chasing them it was doable. I was also pretty determined to get this blue type so skipped some other bird shooting opportunities. When I see the results of 90% missed focus (or totally missing bird) I would say it was 50% luck, 45% gear and 5% of knowing what the heck I was doing
The hovering bird picture wasn't perfect because I wanted motion blur in the wings but not in the rest of the body (like the claws now are motion blurred). But when I take a look at the sharpness, the colors and the details of the left over food on its beak I am a proud man again
I forget, which lens was this? And don't say the Tamron!
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TrabimanUK said:There was me expecting to see photos of a peregrine falcon in full dive, maybe taking down a pigeon in flight, but no. Instead there's photos of a little greenish hummingbird. How totally disappointing
Cracking shots! A pleasure to see!
You could always wait for dinner time to take a picture of the world's fastest bird....
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