Rufous Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted May 28, 2013124 views14 comments

Another shot of the same bird as my last post. I like the nice view of the plumage on this one and the gold tones of the gorget. I changed bodies to the 7D in the middle of the session to take advantage of the crop factor.

7D, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on RRS legs, f9, 1/1000, iso 500, Av mode with -1/3 stop compensation. Cropped to just shy of 9MP and processed in CS6. Taken May 24th at 3:36 pm under filtered sun.

Your comments and criticisms are most appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 28, 2013 at 3:03 AM

Dennis,
I have never seen one of these, what remarkable colours they are.
I wonder if a little lightening may make it even better?

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 28, 2013 at 3:29 AM

Dennis, what a gorgeous little bird.
I prefer this to your previous post as the amazing colours are much more evident. Clean simple composition and a background that lets the subject shine.

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on May 28, 2013 at 8:54 AM

Beautiful capture, perhaps more llight? I do like it. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 28, 2013 at 11:56 AM

Good pose to display the iridescent gorget colors and I also think it could be a little brighter. Nice job in getting this, way to go.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on May 28, 2013 at 2:50 PM

A simple image with nothing to compete with the bird. Wonderful colors and the detail is superb.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 28, 2013 at 4:13 PM

Amazing species, wonderful colors in the throat ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 28, 2013 at 9:11 PM

Remarkable detail Dennis,

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Randy Bacon on May 28, 2013 at 9:43 PM

Love those colors Dennis and that creamy background. I'd like to see a little more light in the eye and under the bill, but a fine shot as posted.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 28, 2013 at 10:04 PM

Wow Dennis, great shot with lots of great detail of the feathers. I love the head turn too and uncluttered BG. Nice work!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on May 28, 2013 at 10:06 PM

I just haven't succeeded in photographing one this year! I'd lighten it a bit, too - I like it a lot otherwise.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 28, 2013 at 10:51 PM

Nice image Dennis. I also might lighten it a bit if it were mine. I do wish there was a touch more catchlight, but still a very fine image.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on May 29, 2013 at 7:40 AM

Amazing Dennis ..beautiful bird and well captured too

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 29, 2013 at 1:54 PM

Colors are great, nice background. This one is just screaming for a bit of fill flash to help light up the darkest shadows and provide a small catchlight.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 30, 2013 at 12:28 AM

A wonderful view of this beautiful Rufus Dennis

Love those iridescent colors, excellent details too.

Ken Archer

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