Luminous Landscape Forum

Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: telyt on January 07, 2014, 10:54:45 am

Title: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: telyt on January 07, 2014, 10:54:45 am: A common bird in my Sacramento County (California) yard:

(http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/calypte/anhumm06.jpg)

Main light was sun filtered through a redwood tree on the left, secondary light was a barn-sized reflector on the right. Equipment: Leica R8/DMR, Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R. Thanks for looking, all comments are welcome.
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: batmura on January 07, 2014, 10:59:25 am: This is so sharp it cuts my eyes looking at it! Great work!
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: telyt on January 07, 2014, 11:04:04 am: Quote from: batmura on January 07, 2014, 10:59:25 am
This is so sharp it cuts my eyes looking at it! Great work!

Thanks! It amazes me how they can hold their head perfectly still while everything else is vibrating at 60 Hz.
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: sdwilsonsct on January 07, 2014, 11:43:36 am: Wonderful focus. My attempts at manual focus on birds with a 50D are in no danger of appearing here, or anywhere.
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: luxborealis on January 07, 2014, 12:34:46 pm: Spectacular. I can't imagine the patience and the work you went to to get this! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: petermfiore on January 07, 2014, 02:13:00 pm: Quote from: luxborealis on January 07, 2014, 12:34:46 pm
Spectacular. I can't imagine the patience and the work you went to to get this! Thanks for sharing.

I can imagine and for that knowledge I applaud your work.....

Peter
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 07, 2014, 02:56:21 pm: Wow! Stunning!
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: bdosserman on January 07, 2014, 06:59:56 pm: Beautiful! I love these birds (my backyard is your backyard, more or less).

Brian
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: ErikKaffehr on January 07, 2014, 07:55:12 pm: Great picture, great work!

Best regards
Erik

Quote from: wildlightphoto on January 07, 2014, 10:54:45 am
A common bird in my Sacramento County (California) yard:

(http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/anhumm06.jpg)

Main light was sun filtered through a redwood tree on the left, secondary light was a barn-sized reflector on the right. Equipment: Leica R8/DMR, Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R. Thanks for looking, all comments are welcome.
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on January 09, 2014, 03:46:03 am: Stunning.
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: wolfnowl on January 10, 2014, 01:57:30 am: Well done! Anna's are daily visitors to the feeder we have mounted on our kitchen window.

There used to be a guy on Flickr who did a lot of hummingbirds with a custom four-flash setup, but he's been gone for a couple of years now.

Mike.
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: slothead on January 10, 2014, 12:18:50 pm: Very nice! I'd love to see it in 16x20!
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: telyt on January 10, 2014, 12:29:42 pm: Thanks for all the comments! I certainly plan on printing this large :)
Title: Re: Anna's Hummingbird
Post by: Tony Jay on January 10, 2014, 03:30:43 pm: Quote from: wildlightphoto on January 10, 2014, 12:29:42 pm
Thanks for all the comments! I certainly plan on printing this large :)
Yes, it absolutely deserves a large print!

Tony Jay