Hummingbirds are beautiful little birds, but spotting them out in the wild can be tough. A few years ago I had the opportunity to shoot a hummingbird in it's nest with it's young, which was a real treat. Aside from that just about the only place I've seen them is at feeders. Today's shot is of just that, a Rufus Hummingbird at a feeder.
This photo is cropped, as even with a 1.4tc on the 300mm F4 this little bird is rather small in the frame. I didn't take all my shots with the tc attached either, because I found that the D700 was struggling to nail focus with it mounted. I think I might have to play around with AF fine tune, because I didn't notice this problem nearly as often when shooting with the D300. Of course the issue could also be that the hummingbird was moving very quickly.
This photo is cropped, as even with a 1.4tc on the 300mm F4 this little bird is rather small in the frame. I didn't take all my shots with the tc attached either, because I found that the D700 was struggling to nail focus with it mounted. I think I might have to play around with AF fine tune, because I didn't notice this problem nearly as often when shooting with the D300. Of course the issue could also be that the hummingbird was moving very quickly.
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