Allen's Tongue

[pecunium]

Allens Tongue, originally uploaded by pecunium.

I'm being lazy, and using flickr's blog-linking tool.

I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it's easier than loading to Lj's scrapbook. I've been doing a lot of photo-work, and posting more than a little of it on Flickr, trying to figure out, in part, how to better convince people to buy things from me. So I've been printing things for portfolios, and uploading them, so I can point to a larger body of work.

I really like this shot, so I thought I'd share.

Comments here are, of course, welcome, and if you wanted to comment there, that would also be fine. All in all, I've not seen a very good habit of commentary on the photos on flickr, which is a pity, since it seems it would be a great place for such a discussion.

Comments

Re: Huh?

[starwatcher]

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Info from someone else -- the photo shows, and links, and both word-links work.

As for the rest, all I know about photography is, "ooh, pretty!" But I'm vastly impressed -- how did you get so close?

I also like Flickr's blogging tool, because the person can easily go to a larger size if he/she chooses, and it's soooooo much easier than LJ's scrapbook. And, since you want to showcase your work, that 'large size' option will be very beneficial. Good luck.
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Re: Huh?

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I walked.

All levity aside, that's what I did. Hummingbirds are fearless. Almost nothing can get them from the air (barring the occaisaional spider, or praying mantis), and they are perfectly content to be in the open.

A long lens (300mm on a Nikon, non D3, digital sensor is a 450mm lens), so I wasn't closer than 12 feet (because that's as close as the lens will focus at 300mm, which is what I was using).

I was using a tripod (hence the 1/50th at 300mm), which both helps, and hinders. I wasn't actually moving around all that much, and I'd been spotting for the perches this bird liked to use.

Shooting hummingbirds is exciting, if there are lots of flowers, because the are territorial as all get out, so there is lots of activity, and plenty of opportunities to study the way they behave.

TK

Re: Huh?

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I forgot to add that it looks as though I am closer than I was, because I've cropped it square.

TK