Most flash makers publish the flash durations for the various power levels in the manual, but Canon does not. When photographing very high speed action, such as hummingbird wings, it is important to have the flash durations quite close to avoid ghos...
I have two problems with Canon gear that continue to annoy me. Has anyone got a way to solve them. 1. I use the Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT with the ST-E3-RT mounted on my Canon 1DX and now 1DX II cameras a lot. Nearly always using a tripod, I commo...
I have a set of four Canon 600EX-RT Speedlites and four 430EX-RT IIIs. In the hummingbird workshops I teach, I need a way to let other camera systems fire and sync with my Canon Speedlites. To do this, I have had to resort to using a Male to Male P...
Hummers new to the setup may back up when the flashes fire, and then return, but not sure if it is the flash or the shutter noise. After a visit or two, they ignore everything. Slow zooming isn't a problem, normally I zoom by simply switching the 1...
Most hummingbirds are quite tolerant of humans and our stuff. They reacted by perching on the Speedlites and taking a dump. When I used wires to link the flashes, they always perched on the wires for their small feet handle the wire better. If you...
You do notice the Male Rufous Hummingbird at the end of the feeding tube. We now prefer using Hum-buttons as the sugar water container because it is easier to hide and you get better gorget colors and better poses. I made a Flickr page for my humme...
Most hummingbirds are quite tolerant of humans and our stuff. They reacted by perching on the Speedlites and taking a dump. When I used wires to link the flashes, they always perched on the wires for their small feet handle the wire better. If you...
There are many ways to photograph hummers. I like all of the ways. Allowing the wings to blur does look more natural, but I find freezing the wings produces interesting shapes with the various places the wings show up in the image.