A Hummingbird's Tongue

[Doug Brown]

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.



Canon 5D Mark III, 70-300mm L @ 300mm, f/13, 1/160, ISO 400, manual exposure, 4 flashes, hand held

[Randy Stout]

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]

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]

Another excellent pose and very nice BG to go with it.

[Robert Holguin]

Superb shot. Love the pose especially lthe open bill, and the details are excellent.
Very weel done.

[David Salem]

Very nice. I love the translucent look to the wings. Excellent flash and exposure work. Awesome detail.. Great Photo!!

David

[Stu Bowie]

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]

Incredible image,just love it.

Regrads,
Satish.

[J van Noordwyk]

Out off the verry top drawer, this is an outstanding image verry well captured Doug. !!!!

[Melvin Grey]

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]

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]

I like this, superbly captured and great detail.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background, Doug.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

[Peter Seidel]

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]

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]

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.