Anna's Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted April 7, 2013237 views7 comments

4-5-13 Huntington Beach Central Library, Huntington Beach, California
D800 Nikkor 600mm 1/6400 f/4 ISO1000 Better Beamer Nikon 900 flash White Balance Auto RAW Manual Processed in CS6 and NIK Tripod with Wimberley Gimbal

Comments welcome

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 7, 2013 at 9:54 PM

Patrick: I like the pose of the hummer. Wings back is a nice pose. There are a couple of suggestions I'd make with this image. It has a yellow color cast. Maybe you used some flavor of warming either via an adjustment layer or Nik. I would clone out the top catch light. Looking at the shooting data, I would have opted for more depth and a slower shutter speed. This would have enabled the flower to be sharper, rather than just the sides that are in the same plane of focus as the hummers bill. 1/1600 @ f/8 would have been an equivalent exposure and wouldn't make much difference in the wing stopping ability. Based on the last couple of images, it looks like you have some great images coming for us to view!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 7, 2013 at 11:43 PM

Nice capture Patrick. I have to agree with Keith about the yellow color cast and especially the DOF choice. But overall, this is still a very nice comp and moment.

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Comment posted by Greg Oakley on April 8, 2013 at 12:13 AM

Sweet shot Patrick!
Cheers, Greg

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Comment posted by Murali Santhanam on April 8, 2013 at 2:33 PM

Simply superb.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM

Not a flash hummer shooter, but this is well done Patrick. I agree with Keith that more DOF for the flower would improve this image. Still really nice.

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on April 9, 2013 at 12:39 PM

The detail and colors are splendid. Well done!

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on April 9, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Wonderful settings and capture, the larger version is outstanding! Congrats

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