Diane Miller
01-12-2015, 01:15 PM
Here's another from the hummingbird shoot a few days ago. In this one, the rosemary was actually in the frame with the bird, as presented. As in the last post, the sprig in the LL was blown out by too close a juxtaposition to one of the flashes and has been recovered as much as is practical. Will work on that next time I set up. It's rare enough to get a good bird position, as they pull back from (or stop on approach to) the feeder at slightly different places, and they pause about a millisecond, so it's a shotgun approach. Can't shoot a burst, either, as the flashes won't recycle fast enough. (With battery packs on all flashes I can shoot a low-speed burst, but only have one and am using three flashes. This is a very basic setup and could be improved.)
Personally, I don't have an issue with shooting the flower separately and compositing it in, as this is awfully close to a studio setup, anyway, but I'm certainly happy if I can get a good one in one frame.
Canon 5D3, 600mm II, three flashes (one on a printed BG), ISO 200, 1/160, f/11. Basic LR processing. Cloned out a small piece of the feeder in the LL and a small part of the flower that was cut off by the frame. Cropped to 67% of original full frame.
Thanks for the wonderful comments on the last one! This is an ongoing project. (Isn't everything, though...)
Personally, I don't have an issue with shooting the flower separately and compositing it in, as this is awfully close to a studio setup, anyway, but I'm certainly happy if I can get a good one in one frame.
Canon 5D3, 600mm II, three flashes (one on a printed BG), ISO 200, 1/160, f/11. Basic LR processing. Cloned out a small piece of the feeder in the LL and a small part of the flower that was cut off by the frame. Cropped to 67% of original full frame.
Thanks for the wonderful comments on the last one! This is an ongoing project. (Isn't everything, though...)