Recent content by bobfriedman

Wow... some difficult to capture and very excellent shots here.

very nice... well done.

thank you.. got the male. BTW: the right way to do this is get a flower that they like and set it close to the feeder.. like a cardinal plant. Nikon Z 9 ,Nikkor AF-S 500mm f/4G ED VR 1/5000s f/7.1 at 500.0mm iso4000

Z9 3D Eye detection is nothing short of amazing. The image below is cropped but given the pixel density of the Z9 it is only cropped down to D5 full frame resolution. So as a test, I sat across from my Hummingbird feeder with my Z9 and tripod mounted 500/4G VR covered with a camo sheet. The...

very nicely done!

I just tried it with a Fuji GFX 100s raw file and I get color shifts

by the way.. the feather hanging from the mouth is probably a bird it just eat.. which is a new one on me since I have only seen these birds eat rodents, etc.

Size is usually a sign of sex.. Males are smaller than females. Also called sexual dimorphism. you really need to see side by side to tell.

why do you say that?.. looks adult to me. but I would like to know.

actually you must be thinking of someone else.. my backyard is in Massachusetts

Shot today. Nikon D5 ,Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4E FL ED VR 1/250s f/8.0 at 600.0mm iso5000 1/200s f/8.0 at 600.0mm iso5000 1/125s f/8.0 at 600.0mm iso5000 1/160s f/8.0 at 600.0mm iso5000 1/200s f/8.0 at 600.0mm iso5000

good thing I live alone, huh.

I installed a stepper motor on the rear standard that is controlled by the stackshot controller.

Correct... the reason I need that number of stacked images is due to extent of the flower relative to the stem and leaves, the flower itself leans forward, so we are looking at 4 or 5 inches.. any less number of stacked images and I can see bans of out of focus... believe me I checked.. many...

excellent shots.. yep.. not pretty.