Mike,
No problem. Where I'm going, it's rife with hummers in May/June. Hummers are
voracious eaters and quite used to feeding from the feeders there. I'll set up
my own feeder that I'm bringing, draped with brightly colored flowers. It may
take a day for them to get used to it, but they will come. With permission,
I'll block off the other nearby feeders to channel more birds to my feeder.
My pre-travel tests will not involve real birds, but I'll duplicate as much of
everything else I can, to make sure I get the basics of the lighting correct.
Actually, I'm already doing a sort of real test...We just discovered a cardinal
nest right in the rhodies right outside one of our windows, with a female and
three eggs. I've been able to set up a camera and flash there without
disturbing her. In fact she has a tendency to be very still when I'm there,
which enables me to take long exposures.
Matt
At 13:21 28-04-03 -0700, Mike wrote:
>>As per Moose's suggestion I will test my setup as best I can before
>>travelling out to the hummers.
>>
>Matt, While this technical stuff about setting up the shoot is
>interesting, I want to know how you train the hummingbirds to cooperate?
>Not much of a wedding if the bride doesn't show :>)
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Matt BenDaniel
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