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Rich Swanner
{K:-3732} 6/18/2006
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If you have a bounch flash you can get rid of the black shadow that flash gives. There is a way to use flash in the shade outdoors with a pleasant background not to close to the subject. That gets rid of the shadow and gives a softer look, great for women. Use your Tamron 70-300 to blur the background, it will make the subject stand out better.Canon and most of the major companies have free online classes. I also like the Fred Miranda forum when I need a question answered. Google is good too. Just type in the question and bam 50 results.See Ya! -Rich
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Humberto Ruiz
{K:763} 6/18/2006
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why thank you so much. as you can tell i just began on photographing. i didnt think about using flash, thanks for that tip, i should of used f8 but i dont know why i didnt think about it duh. if you have seen my portraits do you have any advice on better portraits?
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Rich Swanner
{K:-3732} 6/18/2006
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Try to focus on the feeder . That will give you a closer range of focus. If you notice the feeder is out of focus the bird will be too, as they are in the same focal plane. Use flash, I have a Canon 580EX Speedlite, but onboared flashes work pretty well. I actually keep focusing and refocusing on the bird. You also have backlighting(That's where the flash will help)that makes the bird too dark to see. Try to get the light behind you for the most color and clarity. Use as high a speed and highest combination of F/stop(f/8-f/16) as possible as their wings beat at 22-78 times a second. No tripods, they are too fast. You will get better shoots by getting the focus in order and get rid of the shooting into the light(Use Flash). I take my feeder and plug all but one hole, that way you know where they will feed.Good luck -Rich
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Humberto Ruiz
{K:763} 6/18/2006
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wow! this is great. as you can tell from my shots ive been tryng to shoot hummingbirds also. but i havnt had such succes like yours. my question is how did you do it? did u use a tripod? did you have it focused on an area before th ebird was there and waited for it to show up? what can i do to get those shots?
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