Another Anna's Hummer

[Dan Brown]

Male Anna's Hummingbird. So coy! Cropped to 6mpx, cloned out a small branch, NR on BG, sharpened bird with USM. Larger version here - http://naturestoc.smugmug.com/Birds/...1242500-XL.jpg


Camera Model: NIKON D800, handheld
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
Digital zoom: 1.5x
VR Image Stabilization: On
AF mode: AF-C

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

Nice colors, well exposed, cute pose.
It doesn't look sharp to me however. Perhaps a side effect of the downsizing, but nothing in the image seems to be in focus, and you had plenty of shutter speed. f/7.1 is near the sweet spot for that lens, so don't think that is it. Can you verify your focus point?

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Nice pose and colors. Lovely bg. I had the same reaction as Randy - thought it looked like motion blur but 1/2000 should be OK.

[Dan Brown]

Dan:

Nice colors, well exposed, cute pose.
It doesn't look sharp to me however. Perhaps a side effect of the downsizing, but nothing in the image seems to be in focus, and you had plenty of shutter speed. f/7.1 is near the sweet spot for that lens, so don't think that is it. Can you verify your focus point?

Cheers

Randy

The posted version does not look as sharp as the larger version, could be the downsizing? I have not had the chance to fine tune the focus with this D800 and the 80-400mm. Maybe that is the cause?

[Marina Scarr]

Really liking the perch with the lichen. The colors are gorgeous and nice pose. Definitely a sharpening issue with this one. He has the cutest little toes!

[Nancy Bell]

There is a big difference between this posted image and the one on smugmug, which is quite a bit sharper. The demure look is darling.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like it overall but I would have preferred the eye opened and more detail on the tail. Nice perch, BG, and vertical comp.