Kanadesaga

No, that didn't sound good at all, well, actually.............

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gonzo

(Singing the old Stones song in ma head: "Wild, wild hummers...couldn't keep me awaaaaaayyyyy...")

I went rideabout today off our woods on old clay roads. I'm cruising along, and hey! I see wild Campensis radicans! (Orange Trumpet Creeper) Surely there's GOT to be wild hummers by this thar creek!





Bury your face much?



Rut roh! Hummers aren't alone- look closely...



But wait..Mister Snake ain't alone..



(Maybe this is Mrs. Snake?)

Anyhoo, I skeered the snakes off hoping the birds would see them.

W.M.DEEEZ

Man! How much could there possibly be to eat on one of those hummers?

Freekin snakes.


Looks like you had a successful hike...cool pix.

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gonzo

No lie. You'd think they'd be extra lean from burning it off!

gonzo

More cruddy quality pics, but hey..it's a look at hummers...





So I says to Madge, does Irene put up with that youngin'?





(The young are moulting out of the nest & look raggedy)









cont on next post...

gonzo

(Look at the "posturing" one is exhibiting, lol).

W.M.DEEEZ

Man...you've got quite a collection. Great shots..fuzz notwithstanding.


What ISO are you shooting at? I've wrestled w/blur with my digital. I'm pondering the use of a tripod on the shots where I can set up and wait.


Looks like you're shooting a high ISO? Outside you might be able to come down some, and get rid of some of the noise?


Nevertheless, an amazing show going on in your yard.

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It's set on Auto. Am I lazy or what? Now as soon as I can figure out some software to get these videos from the DVD I burned off my camcorder to the Internet I'll be showing y'all the brood at play!

(It's cute...you can hear them chirpling on the audio part.)

W.M.DEEEZ

Auto is fine...set it on S....shutter preferred. Outside, you can certainly shoot a tad faster, and your camera will open the lens a little. This will help w/blur.



Choose a shutter speed of at least 250 or faster, and see what happens.


Capiche?




Let me know if you need more info.


I love those pics...

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Ok, thanks. What I really need to do is dig my old Nikon out along with my tripod. That puppy has a Vivitar zoom that weighs a ton, lol. I'll wager I'd fare better with it. I'm just not used to this camera, and I used to be so well versed in this stuff. Age, ack. What memory?