Costa's Hummingbird in Garden.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Captured this male Costa's Hummingbird in our garden this morning.

Comments Welcome & Appreciated.

Gus

Very minimal PP in LR3 & CS5

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 400 mm equiv. Gitzo GM3550 MonoPod
AP: F/6.3, 1/640s, ISO 200, -0.70eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB. No flash or Beamer

[Chris Martinez]

What a delightful little visitor. Must have been some good light as the feathers are rather sparkly.
The top right corner looks like it needs a touch up. Maybe a bit of low opacity cloning would help. There is avery distinct line between the two tones.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Chris;

You're right on the money, gave it a very low opacity color brush, and very low overall opacity overall.
The light was excellent & even wonder if low Lab color sharpening was too much. Shoot in RAW & LF JPG and JPG looked right on the money for sharpening. Also have in camera sharpening & contrast -1

Thanks for looking and commenting on my post

Gus

[Terry Olmsted]

Gus,
Wonderful capture of a beautiful hummer. Great lighting. I see more evidence of cloning on your second version than on the first. On my monitor, the image is right on the edge of being a over sharpened.
Terry

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

I shoot both RAW & LF JPG. Here is the original JPG, full frame, no cropping, and I really think I could have done a better job with this and hardly any PP?

Gus

[Gus Hallgren]

Trying to make Lemonade from Lemons . . .

[Terry Olmsted]

I like this version very much Gus. I also like the level of sharpness. Aren't these guys a delight?
He looks very much like our Annas in many ways. Thanks for posting your revised image

Hope you had luck making your lemonade! :)
Terry