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    Default Ruby Throated Hummingbird (First Image with 90D)

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    After getting it microadjusted I went to a local garden to capture some Ruby Throated Hummingbirds as they are headed south.

    Initial impressions, I like it. Autofocus does just fine. I can adjust the tracking sensitivity and it at least at first seems better with noise too. Looking forward to using it more; thought about a 5DIV but I don't have the money to get new lenses (would need more wide angle stuff for my landscapes as my crop sensor lenses won't work). I think it'll be a good system.

    Thanks for any feedback. 1/1000, f 5.6, 100-400II lens, ISO 250.

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    A good looking shot with a BG matching the green feathers. Could you have lifted the iso for more speed to reduce some of the movement blur? Great flowers.

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    Congrats on the 90D...I'm sure you'll get used to it over time. It looks a little soft on the face, and you have some blown highlights on the neck. I'd also crop more of the flowers off the top. TFS

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    Ahhh, the excitement of a new rig. Beautiful first subject at that. Ditto on the suggestions below. Looking forward to many more. TFS

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    I like the pose, design and the composition. the hummer is a bit contrasty (chest whites look blown) and it is soft too. wish the darker band in the BG wasn't there

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    Thanks for the feedback, here's another one, and I think it's a little sharper. ISO on this is 2500 - I think it's handling noise pretty well here. Thanks for any thoughts on this. 1/2500 shutter speed so faster than the above, f 5.6, ISO 2500, 300mm on the 100-400II.

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    This is better. The bird is sharper...it also looks like the 90D handles high iso well. The composition doesn't work for me as the bird seems "detached" from the flora. The blown highlight where the tail end intersects the bud is also distracting. I'd also crop more off the RHS and bottom.

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    Congrats on the new rig. Im sure it will go through the paces. The first post is very contrasty. The second post looks sharper.

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    Yes to too contrasty and soft on the eye -- that probably due to the location of the AF point ...

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