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Mastering Hummingbird Photography: Goals, Techniques, and Success

Join Sharaia Morehand on a trip to Tapantí where she shares her journey capturing stunning still motion shots and action-packed pictures of hummingbirds. Discover her techniques, from adjusting ISO settings to perfecting focus, as they undertake the challenges of perched shots and capturing moments of aggression in these vibrant creatures. Learn how patience and practice led to ultimate success in this thrilling photography adventure.

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Mastering Hummingbird Photography: Goals, Techniques, and Success

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  1. Tapantí Trip The goals, the beauty, the techniques, the fails, and the SUCCESS! By: Sharaia Morehand

  2. Goals • Get great “still motion” shots of hummingbirds. • Get pictures of their wings extended.

  3. Action shots -I used ISO100 and the Sports setting. -I toggled the exposure here and there.

  4. Techniques I did not like the results I was getting with the Sports setting, so I went back to “P” mode and waited for the birds to land on branches to take the pictures.

  5. Perched Shots I still had a hard time focusing on the bird, and not the background.

  6. And other times the focus was on the bird, but not quite the picture I was looking for. Perched shots • 1/80 • F6.9 • EXP. -0.7 • ISO 250

  7. More Focus I decided to keep the camera focused on or near the branch so that the quick instance that a bird landed on it, I could refocus quickly and get my shot.

  8. Finally, I got it! • 1/80 • F6.9 • EXP. -0.7 • ISO 200

  9. 1/320 F6.0 EXP. -1.0 ISO 100

  10. 1/200 F6.0 EXP.-1.0 ISO 100

  11. More Practice • 1/200 • F6.0 • EXP. -1.0 • ISO 100 I continued my successful tactics of pre-focusing and waiting for my subject to fall into my frame. I caught an interesting show of aggression between a few hummingbirds. I was excited to capture this. Everyone who was around the hummingbirds witnessed the aggression between them all.

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