Re: HMMMM, GUESS WHO'S BACK ???

Very nice shots!
Re: YUMMY.
Even though you used flash on all of your pictures, it was not enough
to
stop the wing motion, especially on YUMMY.
Was the ambient light just so strong that it overrode the freezing
capability of the flash?
Or was the distance so great that the contribution from the flash was
negligible?
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The distance wasn't a problem ... probably 20 feet or less.
There was very little ambient light to speak of. It's always pretty
dark on my back porch, especially at dusk.
You'll have a hard time freezing the wings of a hummingbird with any
flash. I can get close at 1/8000, but the background will be jet black
even in broad daylight.

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