{"id":1431,"date":"2011-06-30T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2011-07-02T14:33:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T19:33:54","slug":"hummingbird-workshop-and-recent-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/30\/hummingbird-workshop-and-recent-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Hummingbird Workshop and Recent Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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*** I am selling my Canon\u00a0500 mm Image Stabilized lens.\u00a0 The new ones have a recommended retail price of $8,400.\u00a0 As you know my used one takes a mean photo and you can have it for $4,500,\u00a0 Contact me if you are looking for a lens.\u00a0 It comes with the neopreme, camoflage cover\u00a0plus that incredible Canon case and lens cover.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Click in the upper right area of a photo to make it open in a larger, sharper format.\u00a0 Then you can advance through them like a slide show.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Black-chinned<\/a>
Black-chinned Hummingbird male at Turk's cap flower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In less than 90 days, I will be hosting a hummingbird photography workshop at the Barnhart\u00a0Ranch and Nature Retreat\u00a0between Beeville and Goliad, Texas.\u00a0\u00a0Last fall,\u00a0hummers were swarming at the ranch in late September, so we are counting on a repeat performance.\u00a0 If you haven’t done hummingbirds with 5 high-speed flashes, you haven’t really done hummingbirds.\u00a0 We will be capturing\u00a0their crazy antics and in-flight hijinx at about 1\/16,000 of\u00a0a second.<\/p>\n

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\"Black-chinned<\/a>
Black-chinned Hummingbird landing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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If you want to join me for the hummingbird workshop, just click on my website (www.larryditto.com<\/a>), then click on “photo tours” and check out the details.\u00a0 Of course, you can skip that part and email me.\u00a0 I will send you some details for the September 23-23 workshop.<\/p>\n

\"Altamira<\/a>
Altamira Oriole flying from nest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
These oriole photos were shot from atop a scaffold about 10′ off the ground using a Canon 1D Mark III camera, 500 mm IS Canon lens mounted on a Wimberley head atop a Carbon Fiber Gitzo tripod.\u00a0 On the flight shot, I prefocused a foot in front of the nest and shot at about 1\/2000 second to capture the bird in focus as if flew away from the nest.<\/div>\n
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\"Altamira<\/a>
Altamira Oriole about to enter its sack-like nest in a live oak tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
For the oriole perch shot, I used a little fill flash set at -2 2\/3 f stops of power on a Canon flash with a “Better Beamer” attached.<\/div>\n
Besides orioles, I’ve been shooting at the Santa Clara Ranch photography blinds.\u00a0 You will note the stark appearance of the backgrounds; until this week, it had only rained .1″ in the last three months.\u00a0 The brush had shed its leaves to conserve water.\u00a0 In recent days, the ranch has had a 1″ rain and more is falling today, so the brush will be green and blooming for awhile.\u00a0 Here are some recent wildlife shots from the Santa Clara:<\/div>\n
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\"Greater<\/a>
Greater Roadrunner after dust bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Young Mexican Ground Squirrel at a photography blind pond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Honey<\/a>
Honey bee buzzing a male Painted Bunting as it prepairs for a bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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"Don't look back, something may be gaining on you"...Satchel Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Northern<\/a>
Northern Cardinal male landing on a guayacan bush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
It takes a lot of shots to get birds landing with the wings spread and everything in focus.\u00a0 This photo was done with a 500 mm lens, but something with less telephoto power works better so that you can have some cropping space around the bird.\u00a0 I prefocused on the perch and began shooting at 10 frames\/second as the bird approached.<\/div>\n
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\"Courtship<\/a>
Courtship feeding ritual on Northern Cardinals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
This courship feeding ritual is much prettier with the birds on a tree branch with colorful blooms in the background.\u00a0 I was fortunate to get the shot at all and there are no pretty perches around the ranch this summer.\u00a0 Instead, birds are doing what they do at the ponds<\/div>\n
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\"Buff-bellied<\/a>
Buff-bellied Hummingbird drinking at a Turk's cap flower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Buff-bellied hummingbirds show up occasionally at the the Barnhart Ranch, so we will be looking for some variety while shooting there in September.\u00a0 Rufus, black-chinned, ruby-throated and buff-bellied hummingbirds could be in the mix.\u00a0 The workshop is half full (we are only taking 4 shooters on this one), so sign up soon.<\/div>\n
See you next week,<\/div>\n
Larry<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 *** I am selling my Canon\u00a0500 mm Image Stabilized lens.\u00a0 The new ones have a recommended retail price of $8,400.\u00a0 As you know my used one takes a mean photo and you can have it for $4,500,\u00a0 Contact me if you are looking for a lens.\u00a0 It comes with the neopreme, camoflage cover\u00a0plus that … Continue reading Hummingbird Workshop and Recent Photos<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}