Backyard Fun

[Doug Brown]

I spent another great evening at my friend's house (yes there was a little wine involved again :D). This time I broke out my multiple flash setup. Not sure what kind of hummer this is, but I like the pose.



Canon 50D, 400mm, f/18, 1/250, ISO 200, manual exposure, 5 flashes, hand held

[Harshad Barve]

What a beautiful image this is Doug
Loved the curved body and HA , Stunning wing position
Exposure is bang on as usual and BG to die for
This is winner all the way
TFS

[Harold Davis]

this is SICK!!! i love everything about it. that's all i can say!

[Stu Bowie]

I am sick!!!! Brilliant Doug. I like the different angle to this, as mostly the images are catured with the HB hovering upwards towards their flowers. ( nothing wrong with that. ) I like the slightly "tilted" hover in this. Apart from that, amazing sharp, and love the white ends of the tail feathers. Congrats on a fine image.

[Grace Scalzo]

Stunning image, Doug. Great detail and colors. May I ask if you ran any noise reduction on the background? It looks super clean and smooth.

[David Fletcher]

Holly crap! Doug! OMG!

[denise ippolito]

Doug, Fantastic image. Beautiful details and pose. Congrats!!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Just too good Doug.. loved it all the way... what a killer one.. Big Congrats..

[Doug Brown]

May I ask if you ran any noise reduction on the background? It looks super clean and smooth.

Yes Grace, I did run NR on the BG. One round of Noise Ninja.

[Ryan Lambert]

One of the best in-flight images I have ever seen, really spectacular. I would just do a bit of work on the BG to get this perfect...congrats

[arash_hazeghi]

Terrific shot! I can see the texture in the wings!

[Diego Ivo Piacenza]

wow!!! what fantastic image, very nice pose and composition. Congratulations and thanks for share it.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Wonderful what some wine and preparation can make Doug. I love it all the way. Great pose! :)

[Charlie VanTassel]

I like the natural look of this photo. Seems to me that so many flashed hummingbirds are overdone. The wine is working.

[Marc Mol]

Doesn't get much better than this for in flight capture, as others have said.
Superb Doug.

Cheers
Marc

[Erich Stevens]

Doug,

:eek: Wow love it! It's amazing to see one of these tiny guys presented bigger than life on my monitor. Congrats!

[Gene Potter]

It doesn’t get much sweeter Doug. I’d like to know how you froze the wings at that shutter speed. Anything in the teaching forms on the subject?