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Doug Brown
08-19-2012, 02:44 PM
Here's a fun frame from my recent hummingbird shoot up in Santa Fe. The square crop seemed to work well. This is a Broad-tailed female BTW.

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Canon 5D Mark III, 70-300mm L @ 300mm, f/13, 1/160, ISO 400, manual exposure, 4 flashes, hand held
Randy Stout
08-19-2012, 02:59 PM
Doug:

Very nice, like the touch of purple in background, sharp, well exposed although 1/4 to 1/3 too bright for my personal taste.

The tongue is fun.

Crop works for me because of all the diagonal lines in the image.

Cheers

Randy
Carl Albro
08-19-2012, 06:31 PM
Doug:

I think this is a great shot. I love the details you can see in the wings. Great use of flashes.

Regards,

Carl
dankearl
08-19-2012, 06:47 PM
Another excellent pose and very nice BG to go with it.
Robert Holguin
08-19-2012, 09:29 PM
Superb shot. Love the pose especially lthe open bill, and the details are excellent.
Very weel done.
David Salem
08-19-2012, 11:09 PM
Very nice. I love the translucent look to the wings. Excellent flash and exposure work. Awesome detail.. Great Photo!!

David
Stu Bowie
08-20-2012, 12:07 AM
Hi Doug, great inflight pose, sharp, and I like the splash of colour on her head and underwing. Good to see the tongue, and I like the tucked in feet. The various tones in the BG work well.
Satish Ranadive
08-20-2012, 12:32 AM
Incredible image,just love it.

Regrads,
Satish.
J van Noordwyk
08-20-2012, 01:06 AM
Out off the verry top drawer, this is an outstanding image verry well captured Doug. !!!!
Melvin Grey
08-20-2012, 05:11 AM
Very good sharp detail as usual Doug and nice pose! I like the suggestion of a top light which gives a more natural look and also picks up a little of the iridescence on the back. The varied tones on this BG. work well.
Marina Scarr
08-20-2012, 10:05 AM
Loving the colors on the BG of this one and that dynamic pose. I would tone down the overall picture just a tad.
Chris Kotze
08-20-2012, 11:02 AM
I like this, superbly captured and great detail.
Frank Schauf
08-20-2012, 11:14 AM
Excellent shot with very nice soft background, Doug.
Doug Brown
08-21-2012, 06:43 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone!
Peter Seidel
08-22-2012, 10:34 AM
Terrific detail. Looks like all areas of the bird have really nice clarity to them - flashes where obviously well positioned. On my monitor the body does seem a bit bright - you know that flash was used. I'd bring down the exposure on the HB just a bit.

Pete
Doug Brown
08-22-2012, 08:59 PM
Terrific detail. Looks like all areas of the bird have really nice clarity to them - flashes where obviously well positioned. On my monitor the body does seem a bit bright - you know that flash was used. I'd bring down the exposure on the HB just a bit.


Thanks Pete. Are you using a calibrated monitor? If so, what do you have your brightness set to? I've got mine set to 120, and the whites look correct.
Peter Seidel
08-22-2012, 09:36 PM
Hi Doug,

I hadn't calibrated my monitor for quite a while - just did. That seemed to make a difference - more natural looking, though it wasn't so much the whites specifically that caught my eye before but just the overall exposure.

Great stuff.

Pete


Thanks Pete. Are you using a calibrated monitor? If so, what do you have your brightness set to? I've got mine set to 120, and the whites look correct.