Ruby-throated Hummingbird
I captured this image this afternoon at a bush in my backyard. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/5000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 1800 AWB, Group (Nikon) autofocus mode
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 05-11-2017 at 06:46 PM.
Joe Przybyla
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Nice pose and composition. The red looks great on this guy. Nice techs too to freeze the action. Im seeing some noise on the bird though -- on the chest and wings -- was this a large crop or did you boost exposure? Nicely seen, I'm still waiting to see one in my area, although eBird has multiple entries already.
Well done. I am suspecting a relatively large crop. May we assume that the bird was at a feeder? Wing position and sharpness excellent. Good images of male Anna's are rare.
with love, artie
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Hi Artie, yes, a large crop considering the size of the bird. Not a bird feeder but a Hummingbird Bush (Coralillo enano). I can show an image better than trying to describe it. Thank you for viewing and commenting.Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
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Thanks for the illustrative and explanatory photo. with love, artie
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