How's the view???........

[stevetheupsguy]

No, actually I was using closeup. I will have to try the sport. THX !

Here's a tip. The closer you take the picture the more still the subject has to be.

 

[dilligaf]

Makes sense but hummers are so small that if you get to far away you can't see them. I will just have to play around with it. The Rufous was an import from the web but the other one is mine. It turned out pretty good.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Makes sense but hummers are so small that if you get to far away you can't see them. I will just have to play around with it. The Rufous was an import from the web but the other one is mine. It turned out pretty good.

Yeah it did. If you don't move the lens closer, but just the camera in the sport setting, you'll get a better picture. You can also use the timer mode if you need to step away so the birds come back into frame.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

D, why don't you just ask them to smile and say "bird seed"?

 

[dilligaf]

D, why don't you just ask them to smile and say "bird seed"?

Now that would be sweet!

 

[fethrs]

They'll be eating out of your hand

 

[Catatonic]

Makes sense but hummers are so small that if you get to far away you can't see them.

I hear they are larger in Texas.

 

[dilligaf]

Yeah it did. If you don't move the lens closer, but just the camera in the sport setting, you'll get a better picture. You can also use the timer mode if you need to step away so the birds come back into frame.

These guys are used to me being around. I can usually stand as close as 2-4 feet from the feeders.

 

[Catatonic]

These guys are used to me being around. I can usually stand as close as 2-4 feet from the feeders.

Do they buzz your head?
Ours go back and forth between the two feeders at either end of the deck.
Males are very territorial and flit back and forth seemingly within inches of my head. Feel like I should be wearing goggles just in case.

 

[dilligaf]

They'll be eating out of your hand

Quite a few years ago we had an unexpected spring snowfall. 3-4 inches of very wet snow. I went out the front door that morning and there was this little guy sitting on the branch where the feeder was. It was a very low branch and I could have easily reached and touched the hummer. The 'flowers' on the feeder was covered in snow. I walked over to the feeder and cleaned the 'flowers' off. That bird did not move or even flutter a wing. I was just inches away from it. He must have been freezing. As soon as I moved away from the feeder he went straight to it.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

These guys are used to me being around. I can usually stand as close as 2-4 feet from the feeders.

Then sport should do the trick. Good luck! Here's an example of sport.

 

[dilligaf]

Do they buzz your head?
Ours go back and forth between the two feeders at either end of the deck.
Males are very territorial and flit back and forth seemingly within inches of my head. Feel like I should be wearing goggles just in case.

Oh definately! Heaven forbid I should let the feeders go dry. I have 4 feeders out and get dozens of hummers. They claim specific feeders and chase the unwanted out.

 

[trplnkl]

I hear they are larger in Texas.

Even at that, it would take a hundred of 'em to make a decent meal.

 

[Ms Spoken]

Let the games begin

 

[stevetheupsguy]

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Let the games begin

That isn't fair, MsS, and you know why.

I'll see your Hummingbirds and raise you some Florida Serenity.

 

[over9five]

She won, Steve.

Maybe if your picture had a manatee in it......!

 

[Dizzee]

She won, Steve.

Maybe if your picture had a manatee in it......!

Or a manatee at a bird feeder. That would have my vote.

 

[dilligaf]

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Let the games begin

That is a great picture. It's the kind of pics I want to take.

 

[dilligaf]

She won, Steve.

Maybe if your picture had a manatee in it......!

Or a 'gator!

 

[Dizzee]

Or a 'gator!

Or an alligator eating a manatee at a hummingbird feeder. That would get my vote.