Anna's Hummingbird

[Gus Hallgren]

Had this little Anna's join me for breakfast this morning.

Comments & redos always welcome

Gus

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD @400 mm equiv
AP: F/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 100, -1.00eV, cwa, AWB

Very minimal PP in CS4

[Eric Patdu]

Wow! The bird is sharp and full of details. I can even see details on the wings which is almost always blurred.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love the full stretch wing and the side view look of this bird. The background is very nice also. I might reduce sharpening around the body and the head a bit.

[Julie Kenward]

Now THAT'S what I've been waiting to see, Gus! Outstanding! Perfect in every way on the bird's pose. The sharpening on the head looks great but it feels a tiny bit oversharpened on the belly - might just be the irridescence of his feathers, though. Could also use a little NR on the BG and then PRINT IT BIG! :D

Gus, I'm copying this to Avian...it's too good for them to miss!

[Doug Brown]

Hey Gus. So Julie 'promoted' you to the big board! Congrats! Almost looks like a multiple flash hummer. Great pose and a nice BG. The bird looks slightly over-sharpened on my monitor. I might add a sliver of canvas on the left, and I would also consider lightening the darkest areas of the BG. Overall a very nice image!

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful Gus, Doug makes some good suggestions. One of your best!!

[Craig Brelsford]

A striking image! I too would like to see the shot with the sharpening lowered a bit. Also, am I missing something here? How did you record the wings so crisply at 1/500 sec.? I'd have thought you'd have needed a much faster speed to capture a hummingbird's swiftly beating wings.