I captured this image at the Fire Bush in my backyard yesterday afternoon. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF, Handheld
1/3200 F/5.6 Center-weighted Metering EV 0 ISO 4500 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Topaz Sharpen AI
Cropped for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 07-13-2021 at 09:50 AM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
This may be the finest non-flashed hummer image I have ever seen. I just love the soft light and the pose. Not too mention the pastel colors.
with love, artie
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Joe, beautiful pose, wing position and the color pop in the fire brush is astounding!
I like the subject in the right corner as presented, and could also see a version with a sliver off the bottom, cropped just above the last fire bloom on the bottom left.
For me, the subject feels quite grainy and there appears to be a sort of hazy silhouette around the subject as if from the transition between denoise bkg and the subject. Would be worth revisiting that I think.
A very pretty canvas you created though my friend!
Thnks to Sump Scores for posting out the soft halo around the bird; did you make any sort of selection of the bird???
with love, artie
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