Anna's Hummingbird

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Captured this male Anna's in my garden yesterday using ISO 800 for the first time. Will need some help checking noise, as these old peeper (86 Anos) aren't as sharp as they should be.

Any help, comments always appreciated, redos too :)

Gus

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 400 mm equiv.
AP: F/8, 1/1250s. ISO800, -0.30eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB

[Joel Eade]

Gus,

Looks like you did well to me, I do not see a big noise issue here, the exposure and sharpness appear to be spot on.

Joel

[Mikko Viljamaa]

Nice capture Gus. The tongue is a bonus which I like...


Mikko

[Doug Brown]

Noise looks well controlled and sharpness looks good. Why are you pushing the ISO? If you're not trying to include a flower, you could open up your aperture a little and drop the ISO if noise is a concern.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Was testing to use smaller aperture so that DOF would be better, have decided ISO 400 & F/7.1 works out OK.

Thanks for all your comments

Much apprecfiated

Gus

[Julie Kenward]

Amazing image, Gus! The tongue is a big bonus and the tail is sharp as a tack! One small suggestion would be to "paint" over the lighter areas on the wings with a close by shade of taupe at a light opacity (maybe 20-30%) and see if that tones those bright areas down a bit...I also think it would make them look more natural.

Excellent image of this beauty - I can't get over how good you're getting at this without an elaborate flash set up!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Jules;

What an eagle eye

What do you think?

Now I'll keep both wing situations in my noggin.

Thanks Young Lady

Gus

[Julie Kenward]

Big improvement, Gus! I don't know about having "eagle eyes"...more like "eagle bifocals!" :D