Anna's Hummingbird on Century Plant

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks,
With 3 weeks at 100+F, I been busy keeping cool & enjoying sports, French Tennis Open, Wimbledon, St Andrews Golf Open, LPGA Open, and finally 3 weeks of the Tour de France ending tomorrow with US Tennis opening next week. WOW! the couch has been well used. :D Monsoons started this week so relief from the heat is finally here

Pulled this Anna's Hummingbird up from June 25th. for a change in venue.

Comments invited and appreciated.

Olympus E620 IS, Zuiko 70-300 @ 600mm HH
AP: f/5.6, 1/1600s, ISO 400, 0.00eV, Auto WB

[Troy Lim]

Gus,

Was this image heavily cropped? It is soft. Did you apply any sharpening?

[Dave Mills]

Hi Gus, agree with Troy that the image is soft. If this is a big crop detail can be lost that way. Might also have wished for softer lighting...

[Gus Hallgren]

Here is original size to estimate crop. Maybe I should sharpen it?

Gus

[Gus Hallgren]

Sharpened slightly ?????????

[Dave Mills]

Hi Gus,when you work with a subject that small in the frame it's bound to either look oversharpened or have an unnatural look about it...

[Gus Hallgren]

Thanks, Don.

Appreciate your information.

Gus

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