Title: Nature's Best Photography: A hummingbird faces off with a pit viper
Post by: Donna on 20-Jan-11, 06:23:59 AM
Photographer Bence Máté said:
"I was photographing hummingbirds when I heard the sharp, alarming noise of the birds reacting to the presence of a predator. Sixty feet away from me this green-crowned brilliant was fearlessly attacking a small viper. The long shutter speed and shallow depth of field made it difficult to make an image with both animals sharp. This encounter was one of the most interesting ones I had ever seen, and I quickly set up two flashes to increase the light and shutter speed, using one flash fired from the background and another from the camera.”
:o
Great pic! But eww....snake!
MSNBC
"I was photographing hummingbirds when I heard the sharp, alarming noise of the birds reacting to the presence of a predator. Sixty feet away from me this green-crowned brilliant was fearlessly attacking a small viper. The long shutter speed and shallow depth of field made it difficult to make an image with both animals sharp. This encounter was one of the most interesting ones I had ever seen, and I quickly set up two flashes to increase the light and shutter speed, using one flash fired from the background and another from the camera.”
:oGreat pic! But eww....snake!
MSNBC
Title: Re: Nature's Best Photography: A hummingbird faces off with a pit viper
Post by: MAK on 20-Jan-11, 08:16:59 AM
:o :wow: