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Could make for some neat photos if anyone has the gear/energy/time to take these pictures.

Originally Posted by FBJ

Might have to make a meet-up of this kind of outing. Be good to have a few brews after the fact.

I'm tempted to clamp a remote flash onto the railing of the pier for some nice fill lighting on the opposite side of their faces as the sunset. They are that close that you could probably pull it off.

These guys are right in the yard so it's fun when I get bored

Shoot through umbrella on the left side

A dismal attempt at catching the Perseid shower (there are two visible). I set the exposure for what I thought it would be at around 10:00pm, set the camera up at 8:00, 30 sec exposure with the shutter locked down. Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery at 9:30. When I look through the single shots though I think I caught a few satellites (to dim to show up in the composite)

Very nice pics of the hummer, I like your lighting setup. I am wondering though what your processing routine is though, it seems like a lot of noise for ISO 400. Remote shutter release (via pocket wizards)?

They are grainy because they came out dark and I had to really pull them from the murk. Thanks to RAW I was able to get them but limited size etc. and lots of noise I'm still working on the exposures etc.

People sure love hummingbirds, look at all the comments/awards in one day on flickr.
Hummingbirds in the backyard in Long Beach California on Flickr - Photo Sharing!