[LRflex] Anna Hummingbird feeding her young
- From: H&E Cummer <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 14:06:57 -0700
Hi Flexers,
I'm taking a break from the blood and gore of Tanzania. My neighbour stopped me
in the grocery store the other day to tell me that he had found a hummingbird
nest in his garden.
Would I like to come by and photograph it? Of course, I said, and I have been
over to his place three times to try and capture the action. I stand on top of
his compost pile and
this brings me almost to eye level with the nest. I use the D800E with a 1.7X
extender on the old 300 f4.0 AFS. At first I used a monopod, and the last time,
this morning, I used
a tripod to concentrate on the action around the nest. Here are a series of
photos outlining the feeding cycle.
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hummers2014/FeedPrep.jpg.html>
Please shift to the right to see the rest of the series. Mama fed the two
babies three times in the hour I was there - one babe is more aggressive than
the other - and he (she?)
gets more food than the quiet number two. Papa has already gone North, it
seems, to go fishing and play in the Alaskan casinos - so Mama has a lot of
work to do.
The nest is located in a dark spot - most shots are at ISO 6400 f11 or f13 and
shutter speeds in the 1/400 - 1/500 range. All the photos are cropped except
the last one of Mama
flying away for another food foraging trip.
Please look large. C&C always welcome.
Howard (back in Hummingbird land)------
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