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また来てね。See you again soon. A hui hou!
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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
I decided to try my luck with my in-camera flash on, and this is the result. I really like how the extra lighting shows off its eye, and captures the wings fluttering. With flash on, of course aperture needs to be set lower, and with this photo it is at f/8. But in aperture mode, the camera set its shutter speed to 1/125, which results in the fluttering wing action seen here.
Next time, my goal is to capture with this same or similar amount of light, but to get the wings to freeze. My plan is to shoot with flash on, manual mode, f/9, ISO 1600, and shutter speed at 1/2000 or higher to freeze the wings (similar to below). See the photo below which was taken a few frames before I decided to try this with my flash on.EXIF:
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV -
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Another hummingbird photo (a female) from the same day as the last one. Basically just out of the camera with a lot of cropping.
Since posting the first, I found out that it’s been difficult to get the right light without using the flash, given that I have the feeder under a tree. I’ll keep practicing :)
EXIF:
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash on
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