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It's one of those things I would have tried last year, when I first got my Z8, but I was using the F mount tele on it, and you have to have a z mount lens for it to work. It might come in handy for other birds in flight situations, but I was just afraid that it would be too limiting unless I had...

I've been taking a lot of hummingbird pictures in the backyard recently. Maintaining focus tracking has been something of an issue. These little guys are fast. Only occasionally, the camera will lock onto something in the background, and I have to use the manual focus ring to get back to the...

We get wood storks here in coastal South Carolina during the warmer months. I routinely see s few at Magnolia,here in Charleston, and there are a number of mating pairs that nest at Cypress Wetlands in Port Royal SC, near Savannah.

I shot it over my back fence. The "tombstones" are fence planks and posts. Somehow it just seemed like it should be a selective color shot. Here it is in color.

And now for something completely different: This hawk keeps hanging around in the two yards behind me. And another hummingbird shot. Unfortunately, the hummingbird wildflower mix didn't seem to result in much of anything that would attract hummingbirds. There is one flower type that has...

Interesting.

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Tried another from an image I snagged this morning. At the risk of a parody of a Blazing Saddles quote: What is it when it's not quite a photograph, and not quite a painting? The others I tried for more of a drawing look. This one came out more in between. I might let it sit for a while and...

Thought I might try a color version. This looks a little like pastel chalk drawings. Hard to get the colors just right. I'm not entirely happy with the turquoise green along the top of the head. The wings aren't quite right either. They usually have a bit of an off rose color to them that just...

At a recent CNPA meeting we had a presentation on artistic rendering of images. One of the techniques made them look like pen and ink, or charcoal drawings. I found that some hummingbird pictures work quite well for this. I found that these print rather well, and make nice greeting cards when...

Spent a little more time out in the backyard this afternoon. Had a red shouldered hawk show up, with an afternoon snack. The last one is a little spooky.

This little guy doesn't seem to be too concerned about me being close by. I was standing less than 10 feet from him at one point. He was keeping an eye on me, but wasn't spooked. Minimum focus distance at 600mm on this lens is just under 8 ft. I believe I can get that close. I also found that by...

Thanks. Like I said, this go round it is going much better than the other hip. She did well enough after surgery to skip in patient rehab. Previously she spent a couple weeks in a rehab facility. (No, not THAT kind of rehab!) They've come a long way with hip replacements. It probably helped that...

Photography has taken a back seat the last couple weeks. My wife fell and broke her hip the middle of last month. She is doing quite well, much better, in fact, than she did a couple years ago when she broke the other one. Anyway, I decided to try my hand at feeding the birds again. Keeping...

You never cease to amaze me with your bird images, Woody. Keep up the good work.

This is an older thread, but it can be valuable to resurrect an old topic. Feel free to either post some of your results here in this thread, or start a new one of your own. Either way, we look forward to seeing some of your HDRs. I have used this technique a good bit at this location over the...

Yes, he says this in the video, although he didn't make it terribly clear. Obviously, if you are holding the camera steady, shutter speed will have no effect on how visible the fence is. I have used very slow shutter speeds to remove people in street scenes. As long as they are moving, it works...

Great shot!