I simply adore hummers.....

[genielamb]

no words, just photographs. While feeders are great, watching them amongst the flowers is fascinating....

[peeperita]

nice work...extroidinary catches.....

peeper

[R lake]

I simply adore your pictures of hummers.

[jack russell]

stunning .. wrong forum for details, but I have to ask how fast you had the tv @ ?

[palerider]

Like JR, Not the forum to ask. But what setting did you shot them in? Those are some great shots...

[peeperita]

folks, it's never the wrong forum to ask for details.....

[Alf]

Brilliant stunning shots, well done.

[genielamb]

Originally Posted by peeperita

nice work...extroidinary catches.....

peeper

Thanks peeper, they are really fun to photograph just takes a lot of patience because they move so fast.

Originally Posted by R lake

I simply adore your pictures of hummers.

Thank you R lake.

Originally Posted by jack russell

stunning .. wrong forum for details, but I have to ask how fast you had the tv @ ?

thank you jack. Firstly these were taken in a friends garden. The humming birds love her 'bee balm' and feed from it voraciously. I stood patiently and watched them for a while before attempting to take any photographs. My settings were as follows:

F-stop f/5.6
exposure: 1/1250
focal length: 300mm

even though it was a bright sunshiny day I bumped my ISO up to 800 because these little critters can sure move fast!

Originally Posted by palerider

Like JR, Not the forum to ask. But what setting did you shot them in? Those are some great shots...

Thank you palerider, settings are given above

Originally Posted by Alf

Brilliant stunning shots, well done.

Thank you Alf. They are just a lot of fun to photograph. Hard to get good focus though as they flit from flower to flower rather fast and unlike a feeder, you have no idea which flower they will go to next. I have some of them sitting in a nearby tree as well, quite unusual as normally you only see them in flight or feeding. Limit to post was 4 though.

[FoG]

Gorgeous shots they are just beautiful

[jack russell]

Hey Peeper .. my comment only comes as I love the relaxed atmosphere of this forum .. it's a post and toast place .. everyone is so courteous and supportive.. I didn't want to mess with that asking for too much detail.. i jumped in the deep end with you guys, and I feel like I have a gazzilion - each and every one of you - ready to help me to the ladder every time .. thx for that .. Ian