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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kondra" data-source="post: 311399" data-attributes="member: 17688">Hay Mike,I have tried reflectors and may even get around to making a set up that the wind will not adjust <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />For the heck of it I even set up my strobes outside but decided I do not care for the look of &quot;flashed&quot; hummers, at least not without doing it properly.&nbsp; Which means treating the shoot as you would shooting a portrait with three or four flashes, a lighting ratio and a patterned paper backdrop to avoid the dreaded black background.&nbsp; The flash also tends to fill in all the nooks and crannies of the feathers which give it detail.&nbsp;&nbsp; Shooting through the window is just good practice for me, my goal is to shoot them outside in good/natural light.A successful image, in my opinion, is one where the &quot;eye&quot; is clearly visible and hopefully has a nice catch light.&nbsp; Next would be most of the upper body in focus.&nbsp; I prefer some motion in the wings so that means between 1/500 and 1/1000 in speed when they are feeding.A bonus is some detail in the feet and some tongue <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I have no other option here but to shoot them at a feeder.&nbsp; The &quot;trick&quot; is to watch their behavior.When they come in to the feeder they will take a sip, move back for a millisecond and come back in for a sip.Shoot them in that millisecond of hover and clone out the feeder <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Cheers, Don</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Kondra, post: 311399, member: 17688"] Hay Mike, I have tried reflectors and may even get around to making a set up that the wind will not adjust :) For the heck of it I even set up my strobes outside but decided I do not care for the look of "flashed" hummers, at least not without doing it properly. Which means treating the shoot as you would shooting a portrait with three or four flashes, a lighting ratio and a patterned paper backdrop to avoid the dreaded black background. The flash also tends to fill in all the nooks and crannies of the feathers which give it detail. Shooting through the window is just good practice for me, my goal is to shoot them outside in good/natural light. A successful image, in my opinion, is one where the "eye" is clearly visible and hopefully has a nice catch light. Next would be most of the upper body in focus. I prefer some motion in the wings so that means between 1/500 and 1/1000 in speed when they are feeding. A bonus is some detail in the feet and some tongue :) I have no other option here but to shoot them at a feeder. The "trick" is to watch their behavior. When they come in to the feeder they will take a sip, move back for a millisecond and come back in for a sip. Shoot them in that millisecond of hover and clone out the feeder :) Cheers, Don [/QUOTE]

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