The goals, the beauty, the techniques, the fails,

and the SUCCESS!

Tapantí Trip

By: Sharaia Morehand

GoalsGet great “still motion” shots of hummingbirds.

Get pictures of their wings extended.

Action shots-I used ISO100 and the Sports setting. -I toggled the exposure here and there.

TechniquesI did not like the results I was getting with the Sports setting, so I went back to “P” mode and waited for the birds to land on branches to take the pictures.

Perched Shots

I still had a hard time focusing on the bird, and not the background.

And other times the focus was on the bird, but not quite the picture I was looking for.

• 1/80• F6.9• EXP. -0.7• ISO 250

Perched shots

More FocusI decided to keep the camera focused on or near the branch so that the quick instance that a bird landed on it, I could refocus quickly and get my shot.

Finally, I got it!

• 1/80• F6.9• EXP. -0.7• ISO 200

1/320F6.0EXP. -1.0ISO 100

1/200F6.0EXP.-1.0ISO 100

More PracticeI continued my successful tactics of pre-focusing and waiting for my subject to fall into my frame. I caught an interesting show of aggression between a few hummingbirds. I was excited to capture this. Everyone who was around the hummingbirds witnessed the aggression between them all.

• 1/200• F6.0• EXP. -1.0• ISO 100

El fin.