Anna's Hummingbird (F)

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Another gloomy afternoon, very windy & chilly so I used some fill flash again.

Comments always welcome & appreciated;

Liked the way the wings were full stopped

Gus

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 320 mm equiv.
AP: F/5.6, 1/250s, IOSO200, -0.70eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB. Oly TTL flash at AutoFill +30

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Thought OP was a mite bright so I used method originally posted by Robert Amorus and used by Dawn Currie who posted what she used after using Robert's method.

In channels palette, hold down CTRL & double click RGB in channels, press Ctrl+J for BG Copy, click layer mask icon, On that layer change mode to multiply. If too dark lighten with opacity. (I left it as is)

Gus

[pat lillich]

hey Gus - like the repost very much - isn't it amazing how her wings look like silk... thank you for posting the technique - that sounds really interesting. beautiful hummer...

[Sid Garige]

Gus,

Wonderful job with comp and exceptional job addressing flash issue.

[Julie Kenward]

You're getting better with those wings being more in focus, Gus. Did you up the ss on this one?

Like the darker colors of this one but you missed the DOF on the tail. I thought you had these little ones trained to stay in position for you while you took their portraits? :):):)