Photography – Page 52 – The Bald Heretic – Short, bald dude with a goofy beard

The Mighty Hannibal

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The Mighty Hannibal

He’s only recently lost his sight. Fiercely independent and still quite a performer.

Rocrament Again

More here.

Obama In Black And White

Regardless of your political leanings, last night was one for the history books.

3700 Main

Samples from my 3700 Main collection on Flickr

Beetle

Beetle

Jim Henkel

Paul Beebe

Mr. Adams

Bruce Jamison

Some Call Me … Tim

Tito's Hand Made Vodka and Tim The Enchanter

Sometime my co-workers say thanks by giving me a bottle of vodka. I encourage this practice, though I wonder if they’re trying to tell me something.

I Lied

Hummingbird On Purple

I just plum forgot to post this one.

Parting Shots

This should be the last of the hummingbird photos I post this season. Unless I manage to get something that trumps all of the previous shots but I don’t see that happening right now.

On Saturday I experimented with shooting the birds in flight. To do this I put some distance between myself and the feeder to put the birds at ease. While I got some great shots, I ended up having to crop-zoom to get something that would fill the frame.

Hummingbird

That means as good as that shot above is, that’s also it in terms of resolution and file size. It’s not printable but makes good web copy.

Same for these

Hummingbird

But today I moved in closer to the feeder. The birds were quite a bit more wary and were reluctant to come in close. They did come and I imagine they will become braver if I keep it up.

What a difference a few feet make, though.

Hummingbird

The above image is resized for the web, but the full res version is 2148×1432. That’s quite a difference for just a few feet, some serious sweat equity and a lot of patience.

I’ve learned quite a bit via this exercise about focal length and shooting fast moving targets, not to mention the capabilities and the limitations of my gear. And best of all, I had a ton of fun doing it!

Hopefully my handful of readers are not sick to death of seeing hummingbirds and haven’t abandoned all hope and moved on to less feathery region of the Internet.