30D + 500mm f/4 IS lens + 1.4x TC, 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO 800, EV +1, handheld
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30D + 500mm f/4 IS lens + 1.4x TC, 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO 800, EV +1, handheld
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Ed:
Very interesting composition. You did well to keep the bird in your plane of focus with that f/stop. I find I generally need to shoot at least f/8 - f/11 to consistently do that. This of course means more light, so some fill flash helps in many cases.
I like the birds pose, the flowers, sharpness is good, but I would do another pass of USM on the eye/head.
My biggest concern is the exposure. The image is much too bright for my tastes. The hummer looks washed out. I would also selectively darken the foilage below, which competes with the bird.
Taking hummer pictures is kind of addictive. Hope to see more..
Randy
Ed:
I had a minute to do a couple of tweaks on your image.
1) lowered overall brightness
2) selectively lowered flowers at bottom of frame
3) Adjusted saturation and contrast of bird
This is def. not a finished product on my part, but I do think it might provide some food for thought on how to tweak your original. The flowers below def. need some further work, and I might tone down the red flowers above just a bit.
Cheers
Randy
Super image wow. Great comp and bg. Also good action. Like what Randy did
Thanks so much for your feedback, Randy. The new image looks much better. I will try tweaking the flowers and toning down the red flowers more. I was shooting double-crested cormorants in flight against a bright sky, thus the +1EV, and didn't have time to change the exposure when the hummer suddenly showed up. Should have used manual exposure mode.
Last edited by EdNguyen; 05-28-2009 at 03:02 PM.