Coin photography may be difficult, but this is much harder!!
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it must be the time of year for them or something....
My granddaughter and I were sitting on the deck last week and one of those came and hovered 2 feet in front of us before deciding that although she's beautiful, Bailey isn't a flower... and took off. Of course we were surrounded by flowers but she wanted to dine in private!
You're right, that a hard shot to get right!
They do move a little faster then coins...
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My toughest shots were to try to take photos of our litter of puppies.
At least coins sit still.
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PipestonPete....very cool. As they say in China, you have to be lightning fast to catch that.
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<< <i>They do move a little faster then coins...
beautiful silhouette
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Shot in my livingroom, tripod mounted camera with 150mm Macro, boom-stand mounted remote flash, and a small tripod mounted remote flash.
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would be that link at the bottom......
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If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
Set your flash unit to the lowest power you can and still get a good exposure.
It's the short duration of the flash (on the order of 1/3000th of a second) that freezes the motion and gives you a clear picture.
I've also got some _much better_ photos, but not available for me to post right now.
Getting red and gold reflections on an Anna's Hummingbird head took about 400 shots.
Most hummingbirds are migratory, for they cannot take a hard freeze.
I often thought they had to stick around flowers, but they can eat gnats as well. Hummingbirds can make a good living even when there are no flowers in sight.
California, with it's coastline that never freezes, is blessed with one of the few non-migratory species, the "Anna's Hummingbird". Pictured above.
<< <i>Hummers are great. Wish we gottem way down here >>
Me Too! I asked my wife for a hummer last week in Cabo. She said no no!
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<< <i>Hummers are great. Wish we gottem way down here >>
Me Too! I asked my wife for a hummer last week in Cabo. She said no no!
Gee....that's not like her!
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You don't need to buy the fancy, expensive red powder.
Plain sugar dissolved in water at a ratio of 1:4 will do it.
HOWEVER, I have been in a situation where my neighbor's feeder was sweeter than mine, and I got no action.
Upping the ratio of sugar to water to 1:3 changed the situation; all of the birds came to my feeder and avoided theirs.
You don't even need to boil the water and let it cool. Just keep things clean and change the water often. Usually, one dose of water lasts one month and does not go bad during that month.
If you see the water go cloudy, change it immediately. Sometimes a bug gets in there, dies, and pollutes the whole thing.
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These guys are more fun to watch. During this time of the year we have anywhere from 50 to 100 of these on the place in the morning and evenings.
Ken
<< <i>I haven't been able to get a good shot of a hummingbird either. Dragonflies can be tough too. I got a pretty good shot of a hummingbird moth once.
I believe that these are called Sphinx Moths. I know they frequent the southwest on the East of the Rockies and are facinating insects.
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Gnats.
Yes, they are making more Gnats.