So I was sitting at my parents house this weekend enjoying watching the hummingbirds dive bomb everything in sight and decided why not try getting some shots of them. After about 100 failed attempts I decided my trust manual 50mm might give me a better chance. Still didnt seem fast enough, even at f1.7. As a last resort I figured, what the heck, popped the flash up, squeezed off a few shots to get the exposure right (no metering, gotta chimp it
) and Viola! I think i came out with some pretty decent shots. They are by no means perfect but for my skill level (very much beginner) I think they turned out quite well. What suggestions can be had for lens type or techniques for shooting these blurs of animals that never stay put for more than 1/8000th of a sec? The ones at my parents house are not camera or people shy so I should be able to go get as many shots as I wany and try whatever suggestions you may have for me. Here are a couple that I thought turned out pretty well. What do you think?
All these were taken right around 1/180th of a sec (flash limited) on my M50mm 1.7 with ISO at 200.