D200 Hummingbird shots 105/2.8 VR + 2x TC

D200 Hummingbird shots 105/2.8 VR + 2x TC
Living in an apartment with no feeder, my opportunities are limited but
these turned out pretty well I think for handheld, no flash cropped grab
shots.

http://tinyurl.com/yg6p3t
Note: these were done with ISO 1600 setting due to low light and wanting
to freeze the wings at least somewhat with a fast-ish shutter speed. The
first one (sitting) was in very dark conditions with a longer lens, very
slow shutter and underexposed so even more grainy but captures the
brilliance of the red feathers on the head which change color depending
on the angle or whether the hummer flashes the feathers up for you.

--
Paul Furman
http://www.edgehill.net/1
Bay Natives
http://www.baynatives.com

Paul Furman wrote:
D200 Hummingbird shots 105/2.8 VR + 2x TC
Living in an apartment with no feeder, my opportunities are limited but
these turned out pretty well I think for handheld, no flash cropped grab
shots.

http://tinyurl.com/yg6p3t
Note: these were done with ISO 1600 setting due to low light and wanting
to freeze the wings at least somewhat with a fast-ish shutter speed. The
first one (sitting) was in very dark conditions with a longer lens, very
slow shutter and underexposed so even more grainy but captures the
brilliance of the red feathers on the head which change color depending
on the angle or whether the hummer flashes the feathers up for you.

Yeah, you are right -- a few of them are cropped a little beyond the
photo's resolution, too. Nevertheless, interesting pictures. And you
used the 2x teleconverter? Any problems using it with the 105mm
micro-Nikkor?

"Paul Furman" wrote in message
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D200 Hummingbird shots 105/2.8 VR + 2x TC
Living in an apartment with no feeder, my opportunities are limited
but these turned out pretty well I think for handheld, no flash
cropped grab shots.

http://tinyurl.com/yg6p3t
Note: these were done with ISO 1600 setting due to low light and
wanting to freeze the wings at least somewhat with a fast-ish shutter
speed. The first one (sitting) was in very dark conditions with a
longer lens, very slow shutter and underexposed so even more grainy
but captures the brilliance of the red feathers on the head which
change color depending on the angle or whether the hummer flashes the
feathers up for you.

--
Paul Furman
http://www.edgehill.net/1
Bay Natives
http://www.baynatives.com

Not bad considering -- those buggers are tough - they
only have two speeds; "hover" and "gone" -- shooting with
a flash can be tough because they are so fast, if the flash is
on auto and has that very brief "pre-flash", they are gone
by the time the real flash goes off. somewhere a while back
I came across a configuration using a Nikon with the strobe
on 1/16 th power (manual) up fairly close to where they would
be and fired wirelessly by the camera. The low power
allowed an effective flash speed of 1/8000 or some such (maybe
faster). It may have been on kenrockwell.com, however,
the "Monday bit" is set and it will not load for me for some
reason.

mikey

cjcampbell wrote:

Paul Furman wrote:

D200 Hummingbird shots 105/2.8 VR + 2x TC
Living in an apartment with no feeder, my opportunities are limited but
these turned out pretty well I think for handheld, no flash cropped grab
shots.
http://tinyurl.com/yg6p3t
Note: these were done with ISO 1600 ...

Yeah, you are right -- a few of them are cropped a little beyond the
photo's resolution, too. Nevertheless, interesting pictures. And you
used the 2x teleconverter? Any problems using it with the 105mm
micro-Nikkor?

The 2x TC works great with the 105, much better than with the 70-200,
still very sharp & no funny bokeh. The AF hunt is annoying but it's
annoying without the TC too.

--
Paul Furman
http://www.edgehill.net/1
Bay Natives
http://www.baynatives.com