Re: 40D GETS A HUMMER!

Annika1980 wrote:
> After months and months of a long dry spell, I guess I don't have to
> tell you how good it feels to get your first hummer of the year!
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/96400717/original
> 
Fifty or sixty years ago Crawford Greenwalt (a member of the Dupont 
chemical dynasty) spent a huge amount of money (to say nothing of 
time--I believe over a year) on equipment and travel to gather photos of 
hummers for a book that was published; he had some beautiful images. He 
went to, as I recall, South America with state-of-the-art camera and 
strobe equipment to get those pictures; only someone like a Dupont could 
have afforded it. I believe he would like your picture if he were still 
around to enjoy it. Hummingbirds are among the most difficult subjects 
to photograph, in my totally unsuccessful attempts.
Allen