Humming Bird Don't Fly Away

[Eagle_Eye]

Does one freeze the wings or not? I took this photo this morning about 6:30. Shutter was 320 and aperature f3.5. Photo has been cropped.
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Eagle_Eye

[dan]

A good shot, but a little dull. I've found that when shooting hummingbirds, flash can really make the picture. Since most hummingbirds have iridescent feathers, the reflection can really make for a great shot. To answer your question about freezing the wings, I think maybe a tad faster shutter speed would yield a good result, a little bit of blur is good to accentuate the motion. Good shot though.

[paulnj]

well ... most GREAT images one sees of hummingbirds were shot with MULTI FLASH setups. costly and unneccesary if you ask me ;)

to freeze the wing movement you'd need 1/2000TH or so

I think images with ANY AMOUNT of wing blur CAN and WILL work IF the body/ head is still sharp

Dan mentioned the gorget of the males being colorful and needing flash to accent this......

direct sunlight at a good angle will do the same if no flash is available

keep shooting!!!!