Costa's Hummingbird

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Costa's Hummingbird photographed in our garden giving us the stare.

Uncle Gus :D

CC's welcome and always appreciated

Olympus E-500
Aperture Priority
F/5.6, 1/400s
ISO 200
-0.70ev
Auto WB
75 mm focal length

[Gus Hallgren]

A painting :eek::eek::eek:

By Uncle Gus aka Mad Painter

[Alfred Forns]

Love the Digital Treatment Gus !!!!! Great feel and love the blue bg !!!

The original has strong light from the left and you would need lots of flash to fill !!! Sure like your garden's visitors !!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Uncle Gus...believe it or not, I like the painted version better than the original...:eek::D:) The soft pastel painting does it for me...what can I say...good show Uncle...;):cool:

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Think I like the Mad Painter version too Gus. Love all the ideas you come up with. They are inspiring:)

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

I too like the Mad Painter version which was done in Corel Painter 4 essentials which kept painting for the longest time, amazing all the options it has. I then took it into CS4 for some additional finishing.

It's a lot of fun, and I'm glad y'all like it.

What a kick :cool:

Keep smiling.

UG aka MP (Not Minister of Parliament :eek:)

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Ditto From Me. Great Artist Look!!!

[Lance Peters]

Good job Digital Painter Gus :)

[Harold Davis]

love the enhanced version!!! btw, checked out your "Crew"!!! impressive. you must be proud to have those images. i loved them!! which bomber is that?

[Gus Hallgren]

Thanks, Harold.

That is a Lancaster . . . Great Kite . . Carried largest bomb load in WWll. Also carried one bomb called "The Grand Slam", so large the bomb bay doors were not closed.

Youth is great ~ as WC Fields said, "Too bad it's wasted on the young." :D

Best regards

Uncle Gus