Male Broadbill Hummingbird Cyanthrus latirostrus

Taken after sunset, using built-in flash, (Speedlite 430EX in transit). Hummingbirds get 'white-eye', not red-eye.



Canon Digital EOS Rebel XT, Canon 75-300 mm IS lens, IS in 'off' position

I'm learning a bit more about the camera and it's settings. Thanks for enduring my learning curve.

Much better images. The feather detail is pretty good here, but at that close I think you will benefit from more DOF to get the back wing/tail sharp too.

Much better images. The feather detail is pretty good here, but at that close I think you will benefit from more DOF to get the back wing/tail sharp too.


I'm learning. Thanks for the DOF tip.



Last night, after sunset, using new Speedlite 430 EX.

Canon EOS Rebel XT, 75-300 Canon IS lens, IS 'off'

Ooh, the last one's my favorite!

I love these little guys. I want to get a good shot like yours of our hummers. Haven't taken the time yet.

It's kinda funny, the "white eye" effect makes him look like he's rolling his eyes at you! :)

All my files from a year or more ago are on my external hard drives and this was shot 8/04/03 and converted a long time ago. I had this small file on my computer so I thought I would show you what I mean.

This was shot at 8 feet away with a 1D/100-400IS at F7.1(that's a good close focus setting to start with) with no flash. When I use flash I set it to -.7 or so in a situation suck as you have in your last images and my 550EX is always set to FP(high speed sync) incase my exposure is fasrer than the flash sync speed.

This isn't the best file by all means, but it shows what a bit more DOF would look like. Remember your 300 on your camera is slightly shorter than my 400 on my camera, so the DOF ratios should be nearly the same on paper.