Anna's Hover

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Greetings. Not quite the dive I was hoping for but I liked the full helmet produced by the light angle. I guess they're just too small not to have tradeoffs - dof, ss, catching them in frame ;-)...



D4 300f/2.8+ TC20EIII (600mm) f/11 1/2000 ISO3200 Manual HH Bright morning sun, slightly blocked
Near 25% cropped, nr, +.66 EV in conversion, detailing, sharpen on reduced size tiff

Thanks for looking...

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Doug Brown]

Great sharpness and eye contact. The gorget has nice color. I'd consider a crop off the left, and I might warm up the color temperature a bit.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely mid air pose and great sharpness on the birds head. I would also go with slightly warmer tone, nicely done.

[Andre Pretorius]

The sharpness and detail on the head is amazing, Michael! One get this only if you are very close to subject. To get a fast flyer in focus at this distance is amazing!
Personally I like the crop, but the OOF red in BG distracts the eye a bit, would tone down.
Andre

[Marina Scarr]

I think this is a terrific image! The sharpness, details and colors are great!

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Doug, Vivaldo, Andre, Marina,

Thanks much for your comments. They are greatly appreciated. Agree that I could go a bit warmer here. I should mention that I shoot hummingbirds at the University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum. They have a section of hummingbird attracting plants from Austrailia that are graced with many hummers. Todd Newberry (Bio prof and bird expert) says it's like a candy store for hummingbirds. Mostly, Anna's year 'round and Allen's migrating. The abundance takes the edge off some of the difficulty of catching them in flight but not feeding... though makes for many near misses (sigh).

Cheers,

-Michael-