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    hi everybody i would like to share this little friend
    iso 500
    70-300 is usm @ 300mm
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    in my feeder

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    I like the wing blur and details. bird could go a bit brighter and there is a halo all around it. TFS

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    Hi Nelson

    Bit brighter for me too.

    Did you use Shadows & Highlight adjustment ? might be the cause of the halo, use curves instead .

    otherwise neat little capture! tfs

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    Hi, Nelson. Looks nice. Even though I do a lot of multi-flash, I always enjoy wing blur on a hummingbird photo. Arash, the color actually looks about right for this species as it is a pretty dark green but I do agree with you that it looks dark.

    Nelson, I think the problem is the light background, which makes the hummingbird look darker (think of those optical illusions with the same shade of gray on different backgrounds). Choosing a different viewpoint or underexposing the background slightly and adding some fill-flash would have been good solutions to take what is a good image to a really good image IMO :-)

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    Nelson, looks like you got some really nice detail. I would like to see the hummingbird a bit lighter. I think Greg's suggestions are dead on and would try that next time :)

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    Wow, everything is so green!! Love the wingblur combined with the sharp body and face. Yes it does look a little dark and Greg has brought up an interesting pint. The halo could be fixed in post as it does look like a shadow/highlight artefact.

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    hi thanks for comments, i dont know whats a "halo",
    i add more light to the bird with lightroom brush tool



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    Nelson - means a light glow around the bird, has reduced in repost
    Spanish seems to be "halo" as per English?

    Rich

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    hi richard, i do not use shadows and highlights tool, i dont like it, then i only click on lightroom brush and give it more light and saturation, the halo still there? then i dont know how to remove it lol i dont see it :(

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    Hi Nelson


    Now you can see it - I pulled the highlights right down in shadows/highlights

    clear?



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    lool got it, thanks man

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    Nelson, the halo is definitely there. Try clicking "auto-mask" when using the LR selective brush and then also using the "Show Overlay" option in LR to see if you've gone outside the lines. If so, alt-click to make a negative brush and brush out where you don't want the effect. The video in this post on my website might be helpful: http://www.deepgreenphotography.com/...-green-hermit/

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    Me gusta with or without halo. Sometime they are hard to distinguish from Western Emeralds.

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    Nelson:
    Excellent image of beautiful looking bird with pose and colors.Love it.
    We have learned very nice lessons from our renowned BPN members.

    Regards,
    Satish.

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