Hi Christine.

Yes it is a hummingbird feeder. I used to have some very elaborate feeders but they were almost impossible to keep clean and free of fungi. I have learned that the hummers don't really care what the container looks like as long as you have fresh nectar in the container. This specific feeder is so easy to keep clean. I still want to try the soda can with the straw. I saw a photo of this and it was amazing. Looked like the hummer was sipping Pepsi ;)

Well dang!!! This is probably going to be the best 30 bucks I've spent in a long time ;)

Nice Picture
 

I am really happy to see that the the D50 is capable of this quality of picture.

Now if I only knew what "noise" your talking about! To my untrained eye all the pictures look the same.

Frank
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Frank

When you Compare the background of KC's shot to this one below shot at ISO400 you can see a snow storm. When you increase the ISO setting the noise levels increase. You see the same sort of effect with film which is called grain.

Ok
 

Ok, I see it now, it's a subtle difference in the texture of the picture.

Thanks for the explanation.

Frank

Frank,the higher the ISO the more likely you will find the grainy bits in your images.Most modern cams ,esp the SLR's are fine using up to 400,but when you go higher,eg 800 or 1600,then noise is likely to appear,esp when the image is cropped.

Dang! What a difference a day makes
 

Okay guys, all these were shot with an ISO of 1600 and the day was brilliant sunshine wise.

learning
 

Christine, thank you for the iso information and what bearing it has on a picture.


KC nice pictures, what lense were you using to shoot the pictures shown.

Thanks,

Frank

Hi Frank and thank you.

I was using the Sigma 80-300mm APO

'pon my soul, my little Chickadee, you'll do for me!!
Ian