Face to face with a hummingbird

Another practice session with manual-focusing today. Unfortunately, I did worse this time. :cryin:


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Maybe you think you did not do good on this one ,but i love it :) Good Capture .

very nice!!!!!

Ooooh! I like.

About as good as anyone could have gotten judging by your shutter speed and shallow DOF. I'm assuming you were shooting nearly wide open and it was very close?

I'd be proud to have this one in my portfolio. Nice job.

Quit your whining. I think it's great. After all, the most important part, the eye, is sharp.

what was your shutter and F/stop?

Thanks guys for the kind words !

Well, I felt I did worse because I only have one photo that is sort of presentable, in my opinion, out of the bunch of hummingbird shots I took that day.

Loupey, I was about a few feet away from the bird. If I bent forward a bit and really stretch my arm, I believe I could touch the bird with my hand. I was using a 105mm macro so I had to get close. Anywhere closer I think the birds would stay away though.

marco1910: f4, 1/1000 sec, ISO 100. Natural light.