You did good that's a great shot! Sarah

Excellent shot Dave!!!

Sure looks like he's sliding in to home base :o) You're taking photos like a pro!!!

...as for me, I'm still trying to figure out what all the buttons on mine are for :o) I bought the camera used...with no manual about a couple of years ago. Just recently bought the manual - DUHHHHHHH!!! I'm still learning!!!

~ Cat

Totally Awsome!! I'm going to get out my book for my camera after seeing that shot.

Dave...... I never thought of the sports button for action pics......dahhhhhhhhh LOL. Always learn something new from all you folks!! I took the new digital and sat on the back step for two hours and tried every setting...... downloaded 100 pics and figured out which was good, etc LOL........ Great pic!!

Can't you just hear screeching brakes?! That's a choice pic. And thanks for the photo tip...over 2 years of digital camera ownership & I haven't tried that setting. I will now!

Patrick

I have never used the sport button on my camera either. I really should read all the instructions but like so many people, I don't want to take the time to read all that jibberish that I don't understand anyway.

That is a very cool shot. Maybe that is the male I had here for a couple of days last week. He seemed to have met the locals as they were all huddled together during an ever so brief thundershower in the bushes along side the house and making quick trips to the closest feeder.

Penny

That's a cool picture! :-D I'm still waiting to see a mature male. Maybe I'll get a migrator before the season is over...

I actually tried using the Sports setting for some shots and it worked pretty good provided there's enough light. I discovered what the shutter speed was for Sports on mine (1/350th sec) and the F-stop was relatively shallow - so based on that, I have been tweeking the manual mode settings to find a good minimum shutter speed to stop the wings (I think 1/750th although I've normally used 1/1000th for that) and have been fooling around with other settings to see how they work with the zoom.

The Sports setting is a good one overall though!

Jenny, et al,

I should have also pointed out that I have also learned that I have to use the flash when using the sports setting in anything except *BRILLIANT* sunlight. In fact, I just leave the flash on because it sometime helps to bring out the iridescence in the feathers.

Dave

Yeah - I'd agree with that Dave. I think on my camera, I can force the flash on for that macro setting. Some macros won't let me do that though...

That's a phenomenal picture!

Hi Dave :)

Great shot!!!! I love it! I would definitely frame him! he's a beauty for sure!

Marcy :)

WoW Dave that's such a great shoT!!
You were able to capture the irridecent red and green feathers as well as the wings and tail feathers . What a wonderful composition !
-stephen

WOW, what a spectacular shot!!!

Pam

He is a beauty! Thanks for posting. Ruth

He's beautiful! Great photography!

glo

Great action shot!

Wow, what a beautiful photo. What zoom did you use and how far away were you when you shot it. Looks professional.

Belle

Thanks to everyone for the compliments and encouragement. Now if DW thought it was worthwhile - LOL!

Belle,

I have a tripod set up just inside a window. When taking pics the window is open (have had a few near misses on them flying inside!). My camera is a Sony Cybershot PS8. I set it at maximum zoom and on the Scene Selection for Sports, with flash. I read the camera's manual and found that the minimum distance for maximum zoom is 19 3/4 inches. I used a tape measure to set the feeder (using the ports on the far side) that far from the camera. I had to take the camera off Auto-Focus. By the time it focused the bird would be gone! So I set the camera to fixed focus and every once in a while, I get lucky. Most of the good ones are in the late evening, when the feeder is in shade and the hummies are getting their last fill for the night.

I broke out my old 35 mm SLR and had it set up and got some nice pics, but determined that not all the settings still work, but it is over 30 years old. When I got it out, it still had film in at that I had no idea what it was. I had the film developed and it had pics of the kids that were taken 12 years ago!! A couple came out well, so that was a nice bonus.

Dave