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Subject: [OM] Re: IMG: Hummingbird
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:45:46 -0500
Dean,

Thanks for the kind words.  It was shot at 1/60 at f/5.6 using ISO 800.  I 
could not get a sharp image at f/4.0, so raised the ISO and closed down to 
f/5.6.  I have found that ISO 800 works quite well on the E-510 when 
shooting in the shade, out of doors.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Hansen" <hanse112@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 9:32 PM
Subject: [OM] IMG: Hummingbird


> Jim recently posted:
> Hummingbird activity has picked up this week at our feeders, indicating
> that migration has started through our area. After much frustration, I
> finally got one decent shot with my Oly E-510 using an adapted Takumar
> 200mm f/4 lens and ISO 800.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Hummer441.tif.html
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> Nice shot!  I liked the blurred wings--which is what the eyes see when
> watching a hummingbird.  Also like the complementary green body/white
> neck of the hummingbird and the green/white of the base of the feeder.
> Obviously, this is not a set-up shot with a plastic tube feeder hiding
> behind a flower in a vase.  Any idea of shutter speed?
> Dean
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