Anna's Hummingbird

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Getting tired of my Anna's? Had the Costa's, but they flew the coop, oops - garden :)

All comments welcome & appreciated. Redos too :)

Jules, how's the tail look? :)

Gus

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 400 mm equiv.
AP: F/7.1, 1/1000s, ISO 400, -0.30eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB

[Julie Kenward]

The body looks great but there's something funky going on with the wings this time - they are way darker at the top than they normally are, Gus. I see the settings are pretty close to what you normally use - did you do something different in pp or was it maybe earlier/later in the day?

HA, pose and BG are all excellent again!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Jules;

Most of all my previous photos show one wing, so ii, you can visualize rotating the bird vertically CCW you would have the front wing getting the sun more directly. The way this one is you are getting a bit darker because the wing is not getting the direct sun. Though I do prefer the look of the 2 wings. Though, now that you mention it, I could lighten them.

Thanks for the observation. Posting here in ETL, if you pay attention and retain all the obsevations in the end you become a better photographer. I must keep in mind, "Think" there must be a better way :)

In appreciation

Gus

[Gus Hallgren]

How is this?