Hi Lee, you wrote:
>
>Hi all:
>I'm heading to NC for a week, and am planning to do some hummingbird
>photography. I know some here have experience at it. Any
>tips/hints/gotchas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Cheers,
>--Lee
Hummingbirds appear to be very strong creatures of habbit. I stumbled upon
black-chinned's in Joshua NP last month. Though this specimen was scared
away, it returned to the very same spot 10 minutes later, only this time I
was prepared and only 3.5 meters behind with my 300/4.5+1.4X on a OM4Ti,
pictures turned out just fine. Other photographers have reported coming much
closer than me, shooting with 100mm macros and flash when these beauties are
hovering above flowers. (I have never had the oppurtunity to do this,
requires more time and feeders etc. There are some web-sites on hummingbird
photography, don't have the links but you should be able to search and find
them).
Hummingbirds are one of the most fragile, incomprehensible and sweetest
creatures ever to have roamed our earth. Good luck!
Ulf Westerberg
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