[va-richmond-general] Re: Late Hummingbird
- From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:08:03 -0500
Naseem,
Great spot. No, I haven't seen one with snow in the background.
Try the Canon Digital Rebel XT. It has a very fast response when turned on and
practically no shutter lag. The price is good too. A zoom with IS that goes up
to 300 mm would be a good first lens. You will then be able to get better
lenses to use with it later.
Al Warfield
----- Original Message -----
From: Naseem Reza
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Louise W Reza
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:54 AM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Late Hummingbird
Bird Lovers:
Yesterday at about 5 p.m. I was looking at the activity at the bird feeder when
suddenly a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird appeared at the nearby Camellia
shrubs and proceeded to visit each of the pink flowers in bloom. I was so
dumfounded by this visit that I proceeded to watch her for a good 30 seconds
before realizing that a Hummer with snow in the background would make an
interesting picture. So off to another room to get the digital Fuji S3000
camera out of its case, turned it on (it takes a while before it is ready for
action), ran back to the window and the hummer was still there. I managed to
squeeze one quick shot with the hummer in dead center of the focus ring before
she flew off to the woods. I have been watching for her return but hopefully
she is on her way to the Yucatan Peninsula.
The attached photo is the one shot I got off but alas the bane of digital
point and shoot cameras, shutter lag, got the best of me. The 4/10 second lag
resulted in a photo of the camellia without the bird.
Maybe some of you more experienced birders see hummers in the snow routinely,
but it made a lasting impression on me. To avoid a repeat photographic
incident, I have contacted Santa in earnest for a digital camera with minimal
shutter lag (read DSLR) and just in case Santa is overbooked, I am copying my
wife.
For those of you who are plant lovers too, the camellia in bloom is called
Winter's Star. It is classified as a very cold hardy camellia (up to zone 6)
and it is a hybrid of Camellia oleifera and Camellia sasanqua.
Naseem Reza
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