tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178530645168049349.post1103726270472207522..comments2024-03-04T00:51:50.562-05:00Comments on The Baiting Hollow Hummingbird Sanctuary: new vids: flash of red, mating dancePaul Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866196394764849380noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178530645168049349.post-34015057321943654432014-06-02T20:56:51.817-04:002014-06-02T20:56:51.817-04:00Thanks for your comment. Both videos were shot wit...Thanks for your comment. Both videos were shot with a Canon Vixia G30 camcorder. It has a 20 times zoom and in addition I used 2X digital zoom for the first clip. Handheld, about12 feet away from the hummer. When you manually focus (an absolute necessity) it applies a further 2X zoom, which help in getting the focus exactly right. Most of the visits by the male and female are sporadic here too - perfectly normal at this time of year. By the time you switch the camera on, let alone frame and focus, they are gone again. But sometimes the male perches on a visible twig. All I need now is good natural light and for the angle to be good. I did get a clip of the flash of red, glowing like a stop light, but unfortunately I accidentally deleted it!Paul Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866196394764849380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178530645168049349.post-35810589866972810502014-06-02T16:08:32.431-04:002014-06-02T16:08:32.431-04:00Both videos are absolutely amazing - especially th...Both videos are absolutely amazing - especially the first one - amazing close up. I have some in my yard in Huntington but they only appear sporadically at this point, but even that 2 second "flash" is something I'm very thankful for!Icemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473539776293232626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178530645168049349.post-85136077741006131442014-06-02T16:03:06.672-04:002014-06-02T16:03:06.672-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Icemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473539776293232626noreply@blogger.com